Is Hadoop only Framework in Big Data Ecosystem

Question

I am learning Hadoop, Just a beginner. but I often wonder whether Hadoop is the only software framework supporting distributed applications. I want to understand if there exists any other framework other than Hadoop in the Big Data space.

Answer 1

Actually there are many other frameworks,

one of the most important is Spark, which is used with hadoop to get the best of both worlds, as spark is used for in memory computing and streaming