What is Amazon EMR?
Amazon EMR is a managed cluster platform that simplifies running big data frameworks like Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark on AWS. Amazon EMR automatically scales compute and storage resources as needed, making it easy to process vast amounts of data efficiently and cost-effectively.
Key features of Amazon EMR include:
- Fully managed Hadoop framework clusters
- Integrated with other AWS services like S3, DynamoDB, EMR Notebooks
- Auto-scaling of clusters for big data workloads
- Spot instances support for cost savings
- Security features like Kerberos authentication
- Integrated monitoring and logging tools
With Amazon EMR, businesses can run Spark, Hadoop, HBase, Presto, and other open source frameworks to process data for analytics, machine learning, and application development. The auto-scaling and Spot instance support allows optimization of costs for large workloads. EMR removes the operational heavy-lifting so companies can focus more on using big data to drive business value.
Cloudera CDH, HortonWorks Data Platform, Google Cloud Dataproc, Domino Data Lab, Datameer, Greenplum HD, Platfora, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, Sense Platform, Alpine Chorus, Mode Analytics, Sybase IQ, Microsoft HDInsight are some alternatives to Amazon EMR.