Apache Druid

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Druid is a column-oriented open-source distributed database written in Java. Druid is designed to ingest massive quantities of time-series data, making that data immediately available to queries.[1] This is sometimes referred to as real-time data.

Druid Database
Developer(s)Metamarkets
Stable release
0.6.52 / 6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeColumn oriented database
LicenseGNU General Public License v2
Websitedruid.io

On the developer Q&A site Stackoverflow, Druid is described as "open-source infrastructure for real-time exploratory analytics on large datasets."[2]

Queries REST

Druid is designed to run as a cluster of specialized nodes to support a fault-tolerant architecture where data is stored redundantly and there are multiple members of each node type.


History

Druid was created by ad-tech analytics company [Metamarkets]. It was open-sourced on ....




References

  1. ^ Hemsoth, Nicole. "Druid Summons Strength in Real-Time", datanami, 08 November 2012
  2. ^ [1]Stackoverflow shorthand tag description.