+1 (non-binding) On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> +1! - Binding. > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Aaron McCurry wrote: > > > I would like to call a vote for accepting Blur for incubation in the > > Apache Incubator. The full proposal is available below. > > > > Please cast your vote: > > > > [ ] +1, bring Blur into Incubator > > [ ] +0, I don't care either way, > > [ ] -1, do not bring Blur into Incubator, because... > > > > This vote will be open for 72 hours and only votes from the Incubator > > PMC are binding. > > > > Thank you for your consideration! > > > > Aaron > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BlurProposal > > > > = Blur Proposal = > > > > == Abstract == > > Blur is a search platform capable of searching massive amounts of data > > in a cloud computing environment. Blur leverages several existing > > Apache projects, including Apache Lucene, Apache Hadoop, Apache > > !ZooKeeper and Apache Thrift. Both bulk and near real time (NRT) > > updates are possible with Blur. Bulk updates are accomplished using > > Hadoop Map/Reduce and NRT are performed through direct Thrift calls. > > > > == Proposal == > > Blur is an open source search platform capable of querying massive > > amounts of data at incredible speeds. Rather than using the flat, > > document-like data model used by most search solutions, Blur allows > > you to build rich data models and search them in a semi-relational > > manner similar to joins while querying a relational database. Using > > Blur, you can get precise search results against terabytes of data at > > Google-like speeds. Blur leverages multiple open source projects > > including Hadoop, Lucene, Thrift and !ZooKeeper to create an > > environment where structured data can be transformed into an index > > that runs on a Hadoop cluster. Blur uses the power of Map/Reduce for > > bulk indexing into Blur. Server failures are handled automatically by > > using !ZooKeeper for cluster state and HDFS for index storage. > > > > == Background == > > Blur was created by Aaron !McCurry in 2010. Blur was developed to > > solve the challenges in dealing with searching huge quantities of data > > that the traditional RDBMS solutions could not cope with while still > > providing JOIN-like capabilities to query the data. Several other > > open source projects have implemented aspects of this design including > > elasticsearch, Katta and Apache Solr. > > > > == Rationale == > > There is a need for a distributed search capability within the Hadoop > > ecosystem. Currently, there are no other search solutions that > > natively leverage HDFS and the failover features of Hadoop in the same > > manner as the Blur project. The communities we expect to be most > > interested in such a project are government, health care, and other > > industries where scalability is a concern. We have made much progress > > in developing this project over the past 2 years and believe both the > > project and the interested communities would benefit from this work > > being openly available and having open development. In future > > versions of Blur the API will more closely follow the API’s provided > > in Lucene so that systems that already use Lucene can more easily > > scale with Blur. Blur can be viewed as a query execution engine that > > Lucene based solutions can utilize when scale becomes an issue. > > > > == Initial Goals == > > The initial goals of the project are: > > * To migrate the Blur codebase, issue tracking and wiki from > > github.com and integrate the project with the ASF infrastructure. > > * Add new committers to the project and grow the community in "The > Apache Way". > > > > == Current Status == > > > > === Meritocracy === > > Blur was initially developed by Aaron !McCurry in June 2010. Since > > then Blur has continued to evolve with the support of a small > > development team at Near Infinity. As a part of the Apache Software > > Foundation, the Apache Blur team intends to strongly encourage the > > community to help with and contribute to the project. Apache Blur > > will actively seek potential committers and help them become familiar > > with the codebase. > > > > === Community === > > A small community has developed around Blur and several project teams > > are currently using Blur for their big data search capability. The > > source code is currently available on GitHub and there is a dedicated > > website (blur.io) that provides an overview of the project. Blur has > > been shared with several members of the Apache community and has been > > presented at the Bay Area HUG (see > > http://www.meetup.com/hadoop/events/20109471/). > > > > === Core Developers === > > The current developers are employed by Near Infinity Corporation, but > > we anticipate interest developing among other companies. > > > > === Alignment === > > Blur is built on top of a number of Apache projects; Hadoop, Lucene, > > !ZooKeeper, and Thrift. It builds with Maven. During the course of > > Blur development, a couple of patches have been committed back to the > > Lucene project, including LUCENE-2205 and LUCENE-2215. Due to the > > strong relationship with the before mentioned Apache projects, the > > incubator is a good match for Blur. > > > > == Known Risks == > > > > === Orphaned Products === > > There is only a small risk of being orphaned. The customers that > > currently use Blur are committed to improving the codebase of the > > project due to its fulfilling needs not addressed by any other > > software. In addition, one customer is providing financial support to > > further develop Blur given its importance on mission-critical > > projects. > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > The codebase has been treated internally as an open source project > > since its beginning, and Near Infinity has extensive experience > > developing and releasing open source projects > > (http://www.nearinfinity.com/products/open_source). We do not > > anticipate difficulty in operating under the Apache Way. > > > > === Homogeneous Developers === > > Current developers are all employed by Near Infinity but we are > > actively seeking contributors from different companies and would > > welcome their participation. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > Blur was originally created by Aaron !McCurry as a personal project > > and he remains the primary contributor. Currently, Aaron’s employer > > (Near Infinity) fully supports his continued participation with paid, > > dedicated time to work on Blur. All other current developers are paid > > by Near Infinity to work on Blur as well. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > Blur dependencies: > > > > * Apache Hadoop > > * Apache Lucene > > * Apache !ZooKeeper > > * Apache Thrift > > * Apache log4j > > > > === Apache Brand === > > Our interest in releasing this code as an Apache project is due to its > > strong relationship with other Apache projects, i.e. Blur has > > dependencies on Hadoop, Lucene, !ZooKeeper, and Thrift and its > > uniqueness within the Hadoop ecosystem. > > > > == Documentation == > > Current documentation can be found at http://blur.io and > > https://github.com/nearinfinity/blur. > > > > == Initial Source == > > Blur has been in development since summer 2010. The core codebase > > consists of about ~29,000 (~10,000 if the generated RPC code is not > > included) lines of code mainly Java. > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > Blur core code, examples, documentation, and training materials will > > be submitted by Near Infinity Corporation. > > > > == External Dependencies == > > * concurrentlinkedhashmap - Apache 2.0 License - > > http://code.google.com/p/concurrentlinkedhashmap/ > > > > == Cryptography == > > none > > > > == Required Resources == > > * Mailing Lists > > * blur-private > > * blur-dev > > * blur-commits > > * blur-user > > * Subversion Directory > > * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/blur.git > > * Issue Tracking > > * JIRA > > * Continuous Integration > > * Jenkins > > * Web > > * http://incubator.apache.org/blur/wiki at http://wiki.apache.org > > or http://cwiki.apache.org > > > > == Initial Committers == > > * Aaron !McCurry (aaron.mccurry at nearinfinity dot com) > > * Scott Leberknight (scott.leberknight at nearinfinity dot com) > > * Ryan Gimmy (ryan.gimmy at nearinfinity dot com) > > * Tim Williams (twilliams at apache dot org) > > * Patrick Hunt (phunt at apache dot org) > > * Doug Cutting (cutting at apache dot org) > > > > == Affiliations == > > * Aaron !McCurry, Near Infinity > > * Scott Leberknight, Near Infinity > > * Ryan Gimmy, Near Infinity > > * Patrick Hunt, Cloudera > > * Doug Cutting, Cloudera > > > > == Sponsors == > > * Champion: Patrick Hunt > > > > == Nominated Mentors == > > * Tim Williams (twilliams at apache dot org) > > * Doug Cutting (cutting at apache dot org) > > * Patrick Hunt (phunt at apache dot org) > > > > == Sponsoring Entity == > > * Apache Incubator > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- *Note that I'm no longer using my Yahoo! email address. 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