Apache Ant doesn't work on top of a shell like the aforementioned projects, but on top of Java itself. Ant can be used to allow administrators to manage various facets of their projects using a XML-based configuration file. This file can be used to store...
Apache BVal, or Apache Bean Validation, is a Java toolkit that provides functions and methods that allow a developer to validate JavaBean data and see if they're compliant with the JSR303 standard. This standard, also known as the Bean Validation...
Apache Flink was developed to work with Apache Hadoop and comes with Java and Scala bindings. Flink is a powerful platform which allows you to manage server clusters and use them to process and analyze large quantities of data in an efficient and fast...
Apache ServiceMix, as the name hints, allows developers to mix various technologies like Activiti, Apache ActiveMQ, Karaf, CXF, OpenJPA, Aries, and Camel, helping developers build large business and enterprise ready applications. Each of these third-party...
Apache Tez makes it possible to create complex data processing workflows and jobs inside Hadoop databases, serving stored data in a "pre-computed" form, ready to be used as soon as its outputted. Tez takes data stored in various nodes in Hadoop, processes...
Apache Derby is one of the first database engines the Apache Software foundation hosted under its umbrella before big names like Yahoo's Hadoop, Facebook's Cassandra, or IBM's CouchDB were also donated to it. Coded from the beginning to...
Apache Ambari allows database administrators to install, manage and monitor Hadoop clusters. Collecting metrics is done via Ganglia, while email alerts are sent out via Nagios. Amabari is basically a Web-based administration GUI for Hadoop, a tool that...
Apache Karaf provides an OSGi container where components-based and modular systems can be deployed and accessed during the development, testing, or production stages. Karaf is easy to setup thanks to its multi-purpose configuration system that lets...
Apache Bigtop is for building easy to deploy Hadoop installations that can easily be installed on one or more clusters when needed. Bigtop includes tools to help developers create custom Hadoop packages with or without an underlying OS, making them easy...
Apache HBase was modeled after Google's internal BigTable database system and was built atop the famous Apache Hadoop data processing framework and distributed computing engine. Because it was built on Hadoop, some of its cool features are also inherited...
