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HDFS

Last updated May 14, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is HDFS?

HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) is a distributed file system designed to store and process large datasets. It's commonly used for big data storage and processing within the Hadoop ecosystem. It provides fault tolerance, high throughput, and scalability, enabling efficient data analysis and processing across a cluster of commodity hardware.

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What other technologies are related to HDFS?

HDFS Competitor Technologies

Columnar storage manager for Hadoop that provides fast analytics on fast data; a potential alternative to storing some datasets in HDFS.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 43% (718) of relevant job posts

CloudBase/Acumulo

A NoSQL database that is an alternative storage system to HDFS for some workloads.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 64% (332) of relevant job posts

A fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service; a potential alternative to HDFS for some workloads.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 13% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

A NoSQL database that can be used as an alternative to HDFS for some types of data storage.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 4% (3.6k) of relevant job posts

HBase/Accumulo BIG TABLE

NoSQL databases providing alternatives to storing some data in HDFS.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 100% (127) of relevant job posts

HDFS Complementary Technologies

Data warehouse system for querying and analyzing data stored in HDFS.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 15% (14.5k) of relevant job posts

NoSQL database that runs on top of HDFS, providing random, real-time read/write access to data in Hadoop.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 25% (6.8k) of relevant job posts

Broader ecosystem which includes HDFS as its storage layer.

mentioned alongside HDFS in 7% (15k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention HDFS?

Job function

Jobs mentioning HDFS

Orgs mentioning HDFS

Engineering & R&D

0% (16.3k) job posts

4 organizations

Engineer

0% (16.3k) job posts

229 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (14.7k) job posts

1.1k organizations

Data Engineer

2% (6.7k) job posts

1.7k organizations

Data, Analytics & Machine Learning

0% (3.5k) job posts

221 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning HDFS?

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Industry

Matching Teams

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Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

Scientific and Technical Services

Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

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