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What is CarbonData

Apache CarbonData is an indexed columnar data format for fast analytics on big data platform, e.g. Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, etc.

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Latest Release

Apache CarbonData 2.3.1 Nov 2023 what's new
Apache CarbonData 2.3.0 Mar 2022 what's new
Apache CarbonData 2.2.0 Aug 2021 what's new
Apache CarbonData 2.1.1 May 2021 what's new
Apache CarbonData 2.0.1 Jun 2020 what's new
Apache CarbonData 1.6.1 Oct 2019 what's new
Apache CarbonData 1.5.4 May 2019 what's new

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Join CarbonData Community

Apache CarbonData is an open source project of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). We are an open and friendly community. We welcome everyone to join the community and contribute to CarbonData.

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Getting Started

Getting started with CarbonData is easy. All you need to do is:

  1. Downloadthe latest release.
  2. Follow the Quick Start.

For detailed reference on CarbonData, read the User Guide.

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Why CarbonData

Unique Data Organization

Stores data in Columnar format, with each Data Block(row group) sorted independent of the other to allow faster filtering and better compression.

Multi Level Indexing

Utilizes multiple indices at various levels to enable faster search and speeding up query processing.

Seamless Integration with Big Data Eco-System

Deep Spark Integration with DataFrame & SQL compliance.

Advanced Push Down Optimization

Pushes much of query processing close to the data to minimize the amount of data being read, processed, converted, transmitted and shuffled.

Dictionary Encoding

Encoded data for reduced storage space & faster processing.

Update & Delete Support

Support update and delete over BigData.

Apache & OpenSource

Apache CarbonData is a top level project at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION provides support for the Apache Community of open-source software projects, which provide software products for the public good.

Apache CarbonData is available under Apache License, version 2.0.