• http://kudu.apache.org
• provides a combination of fast inserts/updates
• enables multiple real-time analytic workloads across a single storage layer
• complement to HDFS and Apache HBase
• “Engineered to take advantage of next-generation hardware and in-memory processing, Kudu lowers query latency significantly for Apache Impala (incubating) and Apache Spark (initially, with other execution engines to come)”