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Review on Bigstream by Justin Hines

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Has great potential if other people get involved

I like that it can be used for R, Python etc to process large scale datasets very quickly without having any prior knowledge of those languages or frameworks. It's easy enough (at least in my experience) so you don't need too much training time - just install python libraries then run through some tutorials before getting stuck into coding your own solutions! There are several ways one could solve problems with this tool but there is only 1 way of doing things which makes everything quite rigid compared to more open systems such as Hadoop where multiple users have their preferred approaches. The product has been around since 2012 however we were able to use an early version due to its popularity at our client base who needed something fast & reliable.

Pros
  • Easy interface/no overheads required
  • Good user guide section / tutorial videos available online.
  • Open source license means cost effective solution if not already included within budget plan
Cons
  • Not suitable when using other big data technologies e g MapReduce
  • Need good understanding about SQL queries