Apache Storm
Apache Storm is a free and open-source distributed real-time computation system designed to process unbounded streams of data, often referred to as 'the Hadoop of real-time'. It provides a set of primitives for reliably processing data streams, ensuring fault tolerance and scalability for use…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2011
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Apache Storm was created to enable real-time, low-latency processing of massive data streams at scale, filling a critical gap left by batch-oriented systems like Apache Hadoop MapReduce. It provided a robust, fault-tolerant framework for continuous computation, allowing businesses to derive immediate insights from live data, something predecessors couldn't do efficiently or reliably.
- Platforms
- Cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), JVM (Java Virtual Machine), Linux, Unix-like operating systems
Related technologies
Notable users
- Twitter (original creator and major user)
- Flipkart
- The Weather Channel
- Groupon
- Yahoo!
- Spotify