Author: Jiaming Mai at Alluxio

A Deep Dive into the Call Chain Relationship Between Presto, Hive, and Alluxio

September 11, 2023 By Jiaming Mai

Alluxio is commonly used with Presto and Hive to accelerate queries. Understanding how Presto+Hive+Alluxio work together and the flow from SQL query to low-level file system operations is key to tuning performance. This post will dive into the relationship between Presto, Hive, and Alluxio. We will walk you through how a SQL query executes in … Continued

Millions Saved Annually: Unleashing the Power of Alluxio + HDFS at Uber

May 29, 2023 By Bin Fan, Beinan Wang, Shouwei Chen, Bowen Ding, Jiaming Mai, Jianjian Xie and Hope Wang

In October 2022, Uber’s Presto team shared in a blog post using the Alluxio SDK cache to boost Presto query performance and cost efficiency. This achievement is a major milestone in the collaboration between Alluxio and Uber. Thus far, the Uber Presto team has implemented the Alluxio SDK cache in three production clusters spanning over … Continued