Big Data Appliance X4-2 Release Announcement
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Today we are announcing the release of the 3rd generation Big Data Appliance. Read the Press Release here.
Software Focus
The focus for this 3rd generation of Big Data Appliance is:
- Comprehensive and Open - Big Data Appliance now includes all Cloudera Software, including Back-up and Disaster Recovery (BDR), Search, Impala, Navigator as well as the previously included components (like CDH, HBase and Cloudera Manager) and Oracle NoSQL Database (CE or EE).
- Lower TCO then DIY Hadoop Systems
- Simplified Operations while providing an open platform for the organization
- Comprehensive security including the new Audit Vault and Database Firewall software, Apache Sentry and Kerberos configured out-of-the-box
Hardware Update
A good place to start is to quickly review the hardware differences (no price changes!). On a per node basis the following is a comparison between old and new (X3-2) hardware:
| |
Big Data Appliance X3-2 |
Big Data Appliance X4-2 |
|---|---|---|
|
CPU |
2 x 8-Core Intel® Xeon® E5-2660 (2.2 GHz)
|
2 x 8-Core Intel® Xeon® E5-2650 V2 (2.6 GHz)
|
| Memory |
64GB
|
64GB
|
| Disk |
|
12 x 4TB High Capacity SAS
|
| InfiniBand |
40Gb/sec
|
40Gb/sec
|
| Ethernet |
10Gb/sec
|
10Gb/sec
|
For all the details on the environmentals and other useful information, review the data sheet for Big Data Appliance X4-2. The larger disks give BDA X4-2 33% more capacity over the previous generation while adding faster CPUs. Memory for BDA is expandable to 512 GB per node and can be done on a per-node basis, for example for NameNodes or for HBase region servers, or for NoSQL Database nodes.
Software Details
More details in terms of software and the current versions (note BDA follows a three monthly update cycle for Cloudera and other software):
| |
Big Data Appliance 2.2 Software Stack | Big Data Appliance 2.3 Software Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Linux |
Oracle Linux 5.8 with UEK 1
|
Oracle Linux 6.4 with UEK 2
|
| JDK |
JDK 6
|
JDK 7
|
| Cloudera CDH |
CDH 4.3
|
CDH 4.4
|
| Cloudera Manager |
CM 4.6
|
CM 4.7
|
And like we said at the beginning it is important to understand that all other Cloudera components are now included in the price of Oracle Big Data Appliance. They are fully supported by Oracle and available for all BDA customers.
For more information:
- Big Data Appliance Data Sheet
- Big Data Connectors Data Sheet
- Oracle NoSQL Database Data Sheet (CE | EE)
- Oracle Advanced Analytics Data Sheet
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