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Hadoop distributions are used to provide scalable, distributed computing against on-premises and cloud-based file store data. Distributions are composed of commercially packaged and supported editions of open-source Apache Hadoop-related projects. Distributions provide access to applications, query/reporting tools, machine learning and data management infrastructure components.
First introduced as collections of components for any use case, distributions are now often delivered as part of a specific solution for data lakes, machine learning or other uses. They subsequently grow into additional, expanded roles, competing with both older technologies like database management systems (DBMSs) and newer ones like Apache Spark.

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Hadoop Distributions

Azure HDInsight

Azure Data Lake Store

Azure Data Lake Analytics

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SENIOR CONSULTANT

I personally feel that MS ADSL is a scalable and secure cloud-based data storage service designed for big data analytics. It has seamless integration with other Azure data factory, Azure Databricks, Synapse Analytics and power BI makes it powerful choice for end-to-end data solutions.

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Sr Data Integration Architect

Azure Data Lake store is good hadoop based storage native to Azure. It works well within Azure eco system but still lacks connectivity from lot of third party tools. Performance wise its better and on par with any Hadoop file based system 

Software Developer

Efficient and scalable platform for all our big data analytics needs. 

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cloudera

Cloudera (Hortonworks)

Google

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Oracle

Teradata

MongoDB

Actian

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

HPE (MapR Technologies)

Huawei

Snowflake

Databricks

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Favorable Review

Scaling Efficiently: A New Era of Big Data Analytics Management

Critical Review

Good for Hadoop storage within Azure eco system but still lacks connectivity

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