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Benchmarking Apache HBase on Kubernetes

TL;DR In this blog post, I describe a benchmarking exercise we conducted to compare the performance impact of running HBase and HDFS on Kubernetes versus running them on bare-metal. The blog post explains the challenges of running stateful workloads on … Read More

Stackable and Trino Part 3: Migrating Hive Tables Using CTAS

Using CREATE TABLE AS SELECT (CTAS) SQL statements is a well established method of copying and transforming structured data.Trino’s inherent ability to manipulate data from many different sources, sinks and formats makes this a particularly effective way to move data … Read More

What Were All Those Project Names on the KubeCon Europe 2023 Page?

When checking out this year’s KubeCon in Amsterdam, the following text snippet caught my attention: “Join containerd, CoreDNS, Envoy, etcd, Fluentd, Harbor, Helm, Jaeger, Kubernetes, Linkerd, Open Policy Agent, Prometheus, Rook, TiKV, TUF, Vitess, Argo, Backstage, Buildpacks, Chaos Mesh, Cilium, … Read More

SDP Release 23.1

Stackable Data Platform (SDP) Release 23.1 is now publicly available! Highlights The focus on this release is on logging, product image selection and LDAP authentication support. Further details on our release and how to upgrade can be found in our … Read More

Stackable and Trino Part 2: Setting up a Hive migration sandbox

In Part 1 of this blog series I looked at how Stackable and Trino fit in with the wider Apache Hadoop SQL ecosystem and especially with Apache Hive to provide a means of smoothing the migration away from Hive. Now … Read More

Stackable and Trino Part 1: A Rosetta Stone for Apache Hive

Apache Hive is a common feature in many Hadoop deployments and it’s not unusual to find Hadoop clusters where the primary use case boils down to SQL queries on structured data. Hive has strong roots in the Hadoop ecosystem and … Read More

SDP Release 22.11

Stackable Data Platform (SDP) Release 22.11 has been made publicly available this week! Highlights In the current release we have added new features: Apache Phoenix now allows SQL queries for Apache HBase, Trino works with LDAP authentication and enables data … Read More

Road to Multi-Arch

Disclaimer: Our approach to building for ARM has evolved over the years, so some details in this blog post may now be outdated. We’ve also removed broken links for clarity. An updated version is in the works. Motivation With the … Read More

Exploration: Using Vector With Stackable Operators And Products

Centralized logging is the foundation of observability in a Kubernetes cluster. If you want to understand what’s happening across distributed workloads, it quickly becomes a pain to hunt down outputs of different interacting parts. We want to provide our users … Read More

The Stackable spark-on-k8s operator

The Stackable Data Platform is a distribution for Big Data software running on-premise or in the cloud. Open-source, written in Rust and designed for use in Kubernetes environments, Stackable operators are available for many popular Big Data components and allow … Read More