Professional Services
Cloudera can help you install, configure, optimize, tune and run Apache Hadoop for large-scale data processing and analysis - whether you run our distribution on servers in your own data center, or on hosted infrastructure services such as Amazon EC2, Rackspace, SoftLayer, or VMware’s vCloud.
Our Solution Architecture team has successfully solved a diverse range of business and technical problems. Cloudera provides guidance and hands-on expertise to address unique enterprise challenges, including:
Use Case Discovery
Cloudera can help you to identify target use cases and determine if Hadoop is a good fit for your organization. Cloudera’s Use Case Discovery offering involves in-depth interviews with the business teams that you select in order to understand their requirements and showcase the potential impact of Hadoop on your business. It includes:
- Detailed documentation, including descriptions of the business teams’ goals, specifications for each data source, timeliness of data and your various data formats
- A plan for piloting each use case that describes the required cluster configuration, points of integration and corresponding processes
New Hadoop Deployment
Deploying a new Hadoop cluster requires configuring it to enterprise-grade standards and preparing it for production. Cloudera can help with our New Hadoop Deployment service offering, specifically designed for setting up a high performance, tuned and tested Hadoop cluster that is ready for production.
Having deployed dozens of clusters ranging from tens to thousands of nodes, Cloudera’s Solutions Architects are experienced at configuring complex network architectures and working with leading industry standard systems. Cloudera’s deployment offering includes:
- Full documentation of requirements, configurations, benchmarking and process to maintain and operate the cluster
Proof of Concept
An initial Hadoop proof of concept requires proper scope, cluster setup and deep knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem. Cloudera’s Proof of Concept offering includes:
- End-to-end execution of a Hadoop PoC: installation of CDH, a one-time data load for the PoC and development of a prototype data pipeline
- Benchmarks and fine-tuning of your cluster to prove the prototype functionality and overall feasibility of your project
- Complete documentation of the process and results
Production Pilot
Cloudera’s expert guidance can help you deploy a production pilot project using Hadoop. Starting with your Hadoop cluster and use cases, Cloudera provides:
- A fully-documented and production-ready system that includes ongoing data capture, a data pipeline framework with a developed and deployed example process
- A benchmarked and tuned production pilot cluster
- Full documentation of the process and detailed procedures for ongoing cluster maintenance and operations
Process and Team Development
Establishing a new Hadoop team means bringing together a diverse set of expertise, defining a new process for collecting disparate data sets and providing enriched data products to the business. We provide:
- Hands-on assistance in identifying the appropriate skill set and necessary training to quickly form a team and follow a proven process for Hadoop development and operations
- Full documentation describing the team structure and process
Hadoop Deployment Certification
Existing Hadoop deployments undergo changes in data loads, user requirements, hardware and configuration updates during their lifetimes. A periodic health check can improve performance on a cluster that has grown organically. Cloudera offers services to certify and tune up an existing cluster. Cloudera’s Solutions Architects can analyze your entire Hadoop deployment, from data sources through pipelines and targets to determine an ideal configuration. Cloudera provides:
- Recommendation and implementation of approved changes to your systems
- Documentation all changes and good processes for maintenance
Apache HBase Deployment Certification
Apache HBase depends on a number of services and requires good design and configuration to deliver on the promise of scalable real-time random access. Cloudera’s deployment offering includes:
- Comprehensive design and assessment of HBase schema, configurations and interactions with underlying services include HDFS and Zookeeper
- An analysis of your HBase data loading, data service and data process when used in concert with MapReduce or other analytic workloads
- Recommendations and implementation of approved changes to your systems
- Full documentation of all changes and of good processes for maintenance