This may be rather mute point. We had a discussion in the office about Hive and Impala!
A colleague insisted that Hive and Impala are storage tools. Changed his mind when I mentioned that one can use Impala on Hive tables for faster query access. With regard to Hive, my view is that Hive supports HQL that in turn has analytical functions like RANK etc built in. So in effect it is not only a storage, but can be used as an analytical tool as well? What are your views? Thanks, Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction.
