Symantec announced today that it has created an add-on for its Cluster File System that leverages the power of Apache Hadoop to analyze big data for enterprise customers. Symantec has called in ...

HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) is a distributed user level file system which stores, processes, retrieves and manages data in a Hadoop cluster.

The Symantec Enterprise Solution for Hadoop is available immediately at no additional charge to Cluster File System customers. It supports Hortonworks Data Platform 1.0 and Apache Hadoop 1.0.2.

However, using regular Hadoop on top of Lustre presents some disadvantages. First, using the Hadoop File System (HDFS) on top of Lustre storage system requires data access to data via HTTP calls, ...

Gluster, a provider of open source storage solutions, has just released a version of its storage system that includes support for Apache Hadoop. GlusterFS 3.3 beta 2 employs standard file system APIs ...

Major Big Data and open source players Hortonworks and Red Hat Inc. today announced their engineering teams will collaborate to enhance Apache Hadoop storage options for enterprises.

The company today announced Symantec Enterprise for Hadoop, an add-on with which companies can add the platform's Big Data analysis chops to their existing Symantec Cluster File System infrastructure.