This is a concrete example of a lambda architecture [1]. You don't even have to use Scoop or Hive. A great set of tools exist for Java, Scala and Clojure over a

This is a concrete example of a lambda architecture [1]. You don't even have to use Scoop or Hive. A great set of tools exist for Java, Scala and Clojure over at the Cascading camp [2]. The benefit of the Cascading tools is that you don't need the expensive (from a resource and deployment perspective) Hadoop ecosystem. Everything can be done with a unified approach that needs little more than a lightweight JVM. 1 http://jameskinley.tumblr.com/post/37398560534/the-lambda-architecture-principles-for-architecting http://jameskinley.tumblr.com/post/37398560534/the-lambda-ar... 2 http://www.cascading.org http://www.cascading.org