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Apache Hive vs Apache Spark SQL

By Priya PedamkarPriya Pedamkar

Apache Hive vs Apache Spark SQL

Difference Between Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL

With the massive amount of increase in big data technologies today, it is becoming very important to use the right tool for every process. The process can be anything like Data ingestion, Data processing, Data retrieval, Data Storage, etc. In this post, we are going to read about two such data retrieval tools, Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL. Hive, on one hand, is known for its efficient query processing by making use of SQL-like HQL(Hive Query Language) and is used for data stored in Hadoop Distributed File System whereas Spark SQL makes use of structured query language and makes sure all the read and write online operations are taken care of. Hive has been known to be the component of Big data ecosystem where legacy mappers and reducers are needed to process data from HDFS whereas Spark SQL is known to be the component of Apache Spark API which has made processing on Big data ecosystem a lot easier and real-time. A major misconception most of the professionals today have is that hive can only be used with legacy big data technology and tools such as PIG, HDFS, Sqoop, Oozie. This statement is not completely true as Hive is compatible not only with the legacy tools but also along with Spark-based other components, like Spark Streaming. The idea behind using them is to reduce the effort and bring better output for the business. Let us study about both Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL in detail.

Head to Head Comparison Between Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL (Infographics)

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Apache Hive vs Spark SQL Infographics

Key Differences Between Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL

The differences between Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL is discussed in the points mentioned below:

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  1. Hive is known to make use of HQL (Hive Query Language) whereas Spark SQL is known to make use of Structured Query language for processing and querying of data
  2. Hive provides schema flexibility, portioning and bucketing the tables whereas Spark SQL performs SQL querying it is only possible to read data from existing Hive installation.
  3. Hive provides access rights for users, roles as well as groups whereas no facility to provide access rights to a user is provided by Spark SQL
  4. Hive provides the facility of selective replication factor for redundant storage of data whereas spark SQL, on the other hand, does not provide any replication factor for storing data
  5. As JDBC, ODBC and thrift drivers are available in Hive, we can use them to generate results whereas in case of Apache Spark SQL we can retrieve results in the form of Datasets and DataFrame APIs if Spark SQL is run with another programming language
  6. There are several limitations:
  • Row-level updates and real-time OLTP querying is not possible using Apache Hive whereas row-level updates and real-time online transaction processing is possible using Spark SQL.
  • Provides acceptable high latency for interactive data browsing whereas in Spark SQL the latency provided is up to the minimum to enhance performance.
  • Hive, like SQL statements and queries, supports UNION type whereas Spark SQL is incapable of supporting UNION type.

Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL Comparision Table

Below are the comparison table between Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL.

Basis of Comparison Apache Hive Apache Spark SQL
Structure An open source data warehousing system which is built on top of Hadoop Mainly used for structured data processing where more information is retrieved by using structured query language.
Processing Large datasets which are stored in hadoop files are analyzed and queried. Processing is mainly performed using SQL. The processing of Apache Spark SQL involves heavy computations performed due to which a right optimization technique is required. Interaction with Spark SQL is possible in different ways such as Dataset and DataFrame API.
Initial Release Hive was first released in 2012 Spark SQL was first released in 2014
Latest Release The latest version of Hive is released on 18th November 2017 : release 2.3.2 The latest version of Apache Spark SQL is released on 28th February 2018: 2.3.0
Licensing It is Apache version 2 open sourced Open sourced through Apache version 2
Implementation language Java language primarily can be used to implement apache Hive Spark SQL can be implemented on Scala, Java, R as well as Python
Database model Primarily its database model is RDBMS Though Spark SQL is capable of integrating with any NoSQL database but primarily its database model is RDBMS
Additional Database Models Additional database model is a key-value store which can take data in the form of JSON Key-value store is the additional database model
Development Hive was originally developed by Facebook but later on donated to Apache Software foundation It was originally developed by Apache Software Foundation itself
Server Operating System It supports all operating system with a Java Virtual machine environment It supports several operating systems such as Windows, X, Linux etc.
Access Methods It supports ODBC, JDBC and Thrift It only supports ODBC and JDBC
Programming Language Support Several programming languages such as C++, PHP, Java, Python, etc. are supported Several programming languages such as Java, R, Python, and Scala is supported
Partitioning Methods Data sharding method is used to store data on various nodes It makes use of Apache Spark Core for storing data on various nodes

Conclusion

We cannot say that Apache Spark SQL is the replacement for Hive or vice-versa. It’s just that Spark SQL can be seen to be a developer-friendly Spark based API which is aimed to make the programming easier. Hive has its special ability of frequent switching between engines and so is an efficient tool for querying large data sets. The usage and implementation over what to choose is dependent upon your goals and requirements. They both Apache Hive and Apache Spark SQL are players in their own field. I hope after going through the post, you would get a fair enough idea about your organization’s need. Follow our blog for more posts like these and we make sure to provide information that fosters your business.

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