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<b>Apache Spark™</b> is a fast and general engine for large-scale data processing.
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<h2>Speed</h2>
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Run programs up to 100x faster than
Hadoop MapReduce in memory, or 10x faster on disk.
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Spark has an advanced DAG execution engine that supports cyclic data flow and
in-memory computing.
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<h2>Ease of Use</h2>
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Write applications quickly in Java, Scala or Python.
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Spark offers over 80 high-level operators that make it easy to build parallel apps.
And you can use it <em>interactively</em>
from the Scala and Python shells.
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<h2>Generality</h2>
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Combine SQL, streaming, and complex analytics.
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Spark powers a stack of high-level tools including
<a href="/sql/">Spark SQL</a>, <a href="/mllib/">MLlib</a> for machine learning,
<a href="/graphx/">GraphX</a>, and <a href="/streaming/">Spark Streaming</a>.
You can combine these libraries seamlessly in the same application.
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<h2>Runs Everywhere</h2>
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Spark runs on Hadoop, Mesos, standalone, or in the cloud. It can access diverse data sources including HDFS, Cassandra, HBase, S3.
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You can run Spark readily using its <a href="/docs/latest/spark-standalone.html">standalone cluster mode</a>, on <a href="/docs/latest/ec2-scripts.html">EC2</a>, or run it on Hadoop YARN or <a href="http://mesos.apache.org">Apache Mesos</a>.
It can read from <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-hdfs/HdfsUserGuide.html">HDFS</a>, <a href="http://hbase.apache.org">HBase</a>, <a href="http://cassandra.apache.org">Cassandra</a>,
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<h3>Community</h3>
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Spark is used at a wide range of organizations to process large datasets.
You can find example use cases at the <a href="http://spark-summit.org/summit-2013/">Spark Summit</a>
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<li>We use <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK">JIRA</a> for issue tracking.</li>
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<h3>Contributors</h3>
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Apache Spark is built by a wide set of developers from over 50 companies.
Since the project started in 2009, more than 400 developers have contributed to Spark!
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The project's
<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Committers">committers</a>
come from 16 organizations.
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If you'd like to participate in Spark, or contribute to the libraries on top of it, learn
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