MapR diversifies to cloud storage market

In the #Hadoop world, we've noted that #MapR has always marched to a different drummer. Its core file system is the building block for its Converged Platform, where you can squash the #Lambda architecture, running batch, interactive, and real-time on the same cluster. Putting #IoT money where its mouth its, MapR also recently added edge processing to extend the footprint of its converged platform. But MapR doesn't want you to think of it as solely a Hadoop platform. Big on Data bro Andrew Brust previously reported on MapR getting container religion, and then hawking its file system to #SAP for providing low-cost cloud storage. Cue the drum roll: that sets the stage for today's announcement that MapR is rebranding its file system to MapR-XD. MapR-XD extends on the core NFS/Posix-compliant interface of MapR-FS by adding a new object interface to Amazon S3 cloud storage. The target use case is classic data tiering, but extended to the cloud, In this case, colder data is moved to S3 but is managed as a logical single view from MapR-XD. Specifically, the file system metadata remains the same, as are security policies.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/mapr-diversifies-to-cloud-storage-market/