Oracle Big Data SQL is Generally Available

Oracle Big Data SQL and Big Data Appliance 4.0 are generally available.

Big Data Appliance 4.0 receives the following upgrades:

Big Data SQL: Join data in Hadoop with Oracle Database using Oracle SQL

• New external table types for handling data stored in Hadoop
• Smart Scan for Hadoop to provide fast query performance
• Requires additional license for Big Data SQL
• Requires Exadata Database Machine running DB 12.1.0.2

Automated recovery from server failure 

• This includes migration of master roles to a different server and re-provisioning of a slave node on a server that has been replaced

NoSQL DB multiple-zone configurations on BDA 

• When adding nodes to a NoSQL DB BDA cluster, they can be added to an existing zone or to a new zone.

For more information on Big Data SQL, check out: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/big-data-sql/overview/index.html