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README.md

What is AsterixDB?

AsterixDB is a BDMS (Big Data Management System) with a rich feature set that sets it apart from other Big Data platforms. Its feature set makes it well-suited to modern needs such as web data warehousing and social data storage and analysis. AsterixDB has:

  • Data model A semistructured NoSQL style data model (ADM) resulting from extending JSON with object database ideas

  • Query languages Two expressive and declarative query languages (SQL++ and AQL) that support a broad range of queries and analysis over semistructured data

  • Scalability A parallel runtime query execution engine, Apache Hyracks, that has been scale-tested on up to 1000+ cores and 500+ disks

  • Native storage Partitioned LSM-based data storage and indexing to support efficient ingestion and management of semistructured data

  • External storage Support for query access to externally stored data (e.g., data in HDFS) as well as to data stored natively by AsterixDB

  • Data types A rich set of primitive data types, including spatial and temporal data in addition to integer, floating point, and textual data

  • Indexing Secondary indexing options that include B+ trees, R trees, and inverted keyword (exact and fuzzy) index types

  • Transactions Basic transactional (concurrency and recovery) capabilities akin to those of a NoSQL store

Learn more about AsterixDB at [http://asterixdb.apache.org] (http://asterixdb.apache.org)

##Building AsterixDB

To build AsterixDB from source, you should have a platform with the following:

  • A Unix-ish environment (Linux, OS X, will all do).
  • git
  • Maven 3.3.9 or newer.
  • Java 8 or newer.

Instructions for building the master:

  • Checkout AsterixDB master:

      $git clone https://github.com/apache/asterixdb.git
    
  • Build AsterixDB master:

      $cd asterixdb
      $mvn clean package -DskipTests
    

##Running AsterixDB (on your machine from your build) Here are steps to get AsterixDB running on your local machine:

##Documentation

AsterixDB's official documentation resides at [https://ci.apache.org/projects/asterixdb/index.html] (https://ci.apache.org/projects/asterixdb/index.html). This is built from the maven project under asterix-doc/ as a maven site. The documentation on the official website refers to the most stable build version, so for pre-release versions one should refer to the compiled documentation.

##Support/Contact

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask on our mailing list, users@asterixdb.apache.org. Join the list by sending an email to users-subscribe@asterixdb.apache.org. If you are interested in the internals or developement of AsterixDB, also please feel free to subscribe to our developer mailing list, dev@asterixdb.apache.org, by sending an email to dev-subscribe@asterixdb.apache.org.