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What’s New in Vertica 8.1.1: Introducing Export to Parquet Format

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
July 25, 2017

This blog post was authored by Deepak Majeti. Vertica customers often ask the following questions: 1. "We want to keep hot/warm data in Vertica and move warm/cold data to an open file format on cheap external storage. How do we do this? " 2."How can we store the results from Vertica in an open file...

Using Hadoop Rack Locality to Boost Vertica Performance

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
May 4, 2017

This blog post was authored by Monica Cellio. When database nodes are co-located on Hadoop data nodes, Vertica can take advantage of the Hadoop rack configuration to execute queries against ORC and Parquet data. Moving query execution closer to the data reduces network latency and can improve performance. Vertica automatically uses database nodes that are...
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The Right Tool for the Job: Using Apache Hadoop with Vertica for Big Data Analytics

Chana Zolty
July 26, 2016

I have an entrepreneur friend who used to carry a butter knife around.  He claimed this “almighty” tool was the only one he ever needed!  While the butter knife does serve a wide range of purposes (especially with a stretch of the imagination), in practice it doesn't’ always yield optimal results.  For example, as a...

Installing Vertica SQL on Hadoop

Gary Gray, Principal Information Developer
January 27, 2016

Interested in adding Vertica's analytic capabilities to your Hadoop cluster? Watch this tutorial video to learn how you can install Vertica on Hadoop, giving it faster access to your data!

Kerberos Authentication for Hadoop Integration: Keeping your data safe

Sarah Lemaire, Manager, Vertica Documentation
August 27, 2015

Like all Vertica releases, 7.1.2 includes a bunch of new features. One specific feature can help make your HDFS data safer: Kerberos integration for Hadoop. This blog will give you an overview of using Kerberos authentication with Vertica for SQL on Hadoop.

The Benefits of Vertica for SQL on Hadoop

Wei Wang
July 13, 2015

If you store large data sets in Hadoop, you undoubtedly face many challenges in managing and analyzing that data. Did you know that Vertica for SQL on Hadoop can help ? Check out the scenario that follows to learn how.