5.2.2 Additional Tools
Hadoop comes with a rudimentary web interface that allows the
user to browse the contents of the distributed filesystem and monitor
the execution of jobs. Any additional tools would most likely at this
time have to be developed in house.
SQL databases, on the other hand, have tons of existing tools and
applications for reporting and data analysis. Entire software industries have developed around providing DBMS users with third-party
extensions. The types of software that many of these tools include
(1) data visualization, (2) business intelligence, (3) data mining, (4)
data replication, and (5) automatic database design. Because MR
technologies are still nascent, the market for such software for MR
is limited; however, as the user base grows, many of the existing
SQL-based tools will likely support MR systems.