This is part 2 of the blog series talking about the design and implementation of the Cross Cluster Synchronization mechanism in Alluxio. In the previous blog, we discussed the scenario, background and how metadata sync is done with a single Alluxio cluster. This blog will describe how metadata sync is built upon to provide metadata … Continued
This is a blog series talking about the design and implementation of the Cross Cluster Synchronization mechanism in Alluxio. This mechanism ensures that the metadata is consistent when running multiple Alluxio clusters. Part 1 of this blog series discusses the scenario and background. Alluxio lies in between the storage and compute layers in order to … Continued
Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. In this blog, Tianbao Ding and Haoning Sun from Shopee’s data infrastructure team share their project on query acceleration and “Data Access as a Service.” They describe how Shopee leverages Alluxio to improve Trino query performance by ~55% and how Alluxio enhances developer experience by providing … Continued
This blog post discusses the synergy between Trino and Alluxio, and how to deploy Alluxio as the caching layer for Trino. You will learn Why should you choose Alluxio as a cache for Trino How do Trino and Alluxio work together How to configure Alluxio to point to S3 storage like MinIO How to query … Continued
As we close out the Year of Tiger and welcome the Year of Rabbit, we are filled with gratitude for the support and contributions of the members of Alluxio Open Source Community. Thanks to your dedication and trust, the Alluxio Open Source project and community has continued to thrive and grow in ways we never … Continued
Originally published on vmblog.com: https://vmblog.com/archive/2022/12/27/alluxio-2023-predictions-what-s-next-for-data-analytics-ai-and-cloud-in-2023.aspx As we enter 2023, the world of analytics, AI, and cloud is entering an exciting new phase, with a wide range of innovations and developments set to reshape the landscape. Below are some trends that will have the most impact in the coming year. Trend 1: Cloud cost optimization is … Continued
One of the key features of Alluxio Enterprise Edition is Transparent URI, which provides ease of integration of Alluxio with your existing data stack without any changes to the location metadata of the Hive Metastore. This article provides a tutorial on employing the Alluxio Transparent URI capability with Trino, Hive Metastore and Spark, and with … Continued
Originally published on Eckerson.com: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/architecting-data-orchestration-four-use-cases ABSTRACT: This blog explores four use cases for data orchestration and examples of the supporting architectural elements. Modern analytics projects rely on a hodgepodge of compute clusters, data stores, and pipelines, flung across countries and continents. Enterprises struggle to meet performance SLAs without replicating lots of data or moving and re-coding … Continued
Today, we are thrilled to announce that Alluxio 2.9 is generally available (GA) for both the free open source Alluxio Community Edition and Alluxio Enterprise Edition! With GA, you can expect stability, support, and enterprise-readiness from Alluxio. In this blog post, we explore how Alluxio is enabling growth and agility for analytics and AI applications … Continued