InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comThu, 23 May 2013 12:32:11 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic799783-263-1.aspxI think it's similar, but it seemed to be more like a high powered SSIS or cube calculation system. Handle lots of aggregations in a short period of time. I'll admit that I have more to learn, and Google has a week long course called MapReduce in a week ([url]http://code.google.com/edu/submissions/mapreduce/listing.html[/url]) that I'd like to get through and learn more.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:15:46 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editorhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic799783-263-1.aspxHi Steve, I am admittedly ignorant of HaDoop - your editorial is the first I've heard of it. Your description reminds me of Madison, though - Microsoft's release of DatAllegro. It treats individual SQL Server servers as nodes... &lt;/OverSimplifiedDescription&gt;:{&gt; AndyThu, 08 Oct 2009 06:03:52 GMTAndy Leonardhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic799783-263-1.aspxComments posted to this topic are about the item [B]<A HREF="/articles/Editorial/68402/">Are you looking to Hadoop?</A>[/B]Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:37:02 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editor