+1 On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Sajeevan Achuthan <achuthan.sajee...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > On 22 July 2012 14:40, Doug Cutting <cutt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Doug >> On Jul 20, 2012 9:43 AM, "Aaron McCurry" <amccu...@gmail.com> 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 >> > >> > >>
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