Big Data Appliance X4-2 Release Announcement
- by Jean-Pierre Dijcks
Today we are announcing the release of the 3rd generation Big Data Appliance. Read the Press Release here.
Software Focus
The focus for this 3rd generation of Big Data Appliance is:
Comprehensive and Open - Big Data Appliance now includes all Cloudera Software, including Back-up and Disaster Recovery (BDR), Search, Impala, Navigator as well as the previously included components (like CDH, HBase and Cloudera Manager) and Oracle NoSQL Database (CE or EE).
Lower TCO then DIY Hadoop Systems
Simplified Operations while providing an open platform for the organization
Comprehensive security including the new Audit Vault and Database Firewall software, Apache Sentry and Kerberos configured out-of-the-box
Hardware Update
A good place to start is to quickly review the hardware differences (no price changes!). On a per node basis the following is a comparison between old and new (X3-2) hardware:
Big Data Appliance X3-2
Big Data Appliance X4-2
CPU
2 x 8-Core Intel® Xeon® E5-2660 (2.2 GHz)
2 x 8-Core Intel® Xeon® E5-2650 V2 (2.6 GHz)
Memory
64GB
64GB
Disk
12 x 3TB High Capacity SAS
12 x 4TB High Capacity SAS
InfiniBand
40Gb/sec
40Gb/sec
Ethernet
10Gb/sec
10Gb/sec
For all the details on the environmentals and other useful information, review the data sheet for Big Data Appliance X4-2. The larger disks give BDA X4-2 33% more capacity over the previous generation while adding faster CPUs. Memory for BDA is expandable to 512 GB per node and can be done on a per-node basis, for example for NameNodes or for HBase region servers, or for NoSQL Database nodes.
Software Details
More details in terms of software and the current versions (note BDA follows a three monthly update cycle for Cloudera and other software):
Big Data Appliance 2.2 Software Stack
Big Data Appliance 2.3 Software Stack
Linux
Oracle Linux 5.8 with UEK 1
Oracle Linux 6.4 with UEK 2
JDK
JDK 6
JDK 7
Cloudera CDH
CDH 4.3
CDH 4.4
Cloudera Manager
CM 4.6
CM 4.7
And like we said at the beginning it is important to understand that all other Cloudera components are now included in the price of Oracle Big Data Appliance. They are fully supported by Oracle and available for all BDA customers.
For more information:
Big Data Appliance Data Sheet
Big Data Connectors Data Sheet
Oracle NoSQL Database Data Sheet (CE | EE)
Oracle Advanced Analytics Data Sheet
