It could be defined as a middleware in a broad sense. But I don't think this is still a good definition of hadoop. It is a collection of distributed tools for large data processing.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:34 PM, wang daming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how about middleware? > > > > 2008/3/3, Amar Kamat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > HADOOP is not a distributed OS. It requires some OS on > > which it can be run. Also its not an application. Its a > > platform for running applications on the grid. There are certain class > of > > applications (like the ones to do with web) that can make use of this > > platform (service) to run data intensive applications that have inherent > > parallelism, on the grid. According to me appropriate classification > would > > be a distributed computing software. > > Amar > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, > > Steve Han wrote: > > > > > Or it just a distributed application?How we can learn more about the > > design > > > ideas of Hadoop.Thanks > > > > > > > > >
