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exception. If on-premise Hadoop is the cold storage for PDW, could Azure
be the deep freezer?
Thinking further ahead, who's is to say that Polybase couldn't be used to
integrate with other systems such as SAP Hana or Oracle? After all, a cow
has many stomachs. Why can't PDW have many engines? That's certainly
something for you to chew on.
Summary
Well, that's about it for PDW and Polybase. I hope you found that
interesting, and you learned a bit about PDW and why it is important to
the world of data warehousing. However, more importantly, I hope that you
are excited about the integration opportunities that Polybase offers us, both
now and in the future. It's important to remember that only PDW offers
Polybase and Hadoop integration.
Polybaseisanenormouslystrategicpieceoftechnology.Itsholistic,agnostic
architecture and approach to Hadoop integration opens up the relational
world to a whole host of new opportunities. I hope you agree and will
give much stronger consideration to PDW and its capabilities for your next
project.
This is a rapidly changing and highly dynamic environment. I'm therefore
expecting to see lots of great improvements and solutions in the months
ahead. Remember PDW also updates with new features twice a year, so the
next set of features are never far away!
