In: Computer Science
Hadoop has HDFS, which is the default built in FileSystem, written in Java. Cloudera and HortonWorks both use this built-in default Java implementation. MapR has taken a different approach. What approach has MapR taken in its FileSystem implementation, and what may be the advantages and disadvantages of MapR's approach versus other vendors? If there are disadvantages, how can they be addressed? Look at the advantages and disadvantages from user, developer, administrator and risk perspective.