Chapter 1. Getting Acquainted with Storm
In this chapter, you will get acquainted with the following topics:
- An overview of Storm
- The "before Storm" era and key features of Storm
- Storm cluster modes
- Storm installation
- Starting various daemons
- Playing with Storm configurations
Over the complete course of the chapter, you will learn why Storm is creating a buzz in the industry and why it is relevant in present-day scenarios. What is this real-time computation? We will also explain the different types of Storm's cluster modes, the installation, and the approach to configuration.
Overview of Storm
Storm is a distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable platform for processing streaming data in a real-time manner. It became an Apache top-level project in ...
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