Apache Kudu, the breakthrough storage technology, is often used in conjunction with other Hadoop ecosystem frameworks for data ingest, processing, and analysis. This is a practical, hands-on course that shows you how Kudu works with four of those frameworks: Apache Spark, Spark SQL, MLlib, and Apache Flume.

You'll use the Kudu-Spark module with Spark and SparkSQL to seamlessly create, move, and update data between Kudu and Spark; then use Apache Flume to stream events into a Kudu table, and finally, query it using Apache Impala. The course is designed for learners with some limited experience using Hadoop ecosystem components like HDFS, Hive, Spark, or Impala.

• Get hands-on experience with Kudu and add more tools to your Big Data toolbox
• Learn how to move data between Kudu tables and Spark apps using the Kudu-Spark module
• Understand how to stream and analyze data in real-time with Flume and Kudu
• Create a movie ratings predictor using Flume and save the predicted values into Kudu
• See how these open source tools combine to create simple and fast data engineering pipelines

Ryan Bosshart is a Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudera, where he leads a specialized team focused on Hadoop ecosystem storage technologies such as HDFS, Hbase, and Kudu. An architect and builder of large-scale distributed systems since 2006, Ryan is co-chair of the Twin Cities Spark and Hadoop User Group. He speaks about Hadoop technologies at conferences throughout North America and holds a degree in computer science from Augsburg College.