Is there a possibility to run Apache Spark without Hadoop

Question

Is Apache Spark Dependent on Hadoop? Will I miss any of the features if I skip Hadoop and run Spark? 

Answer 1

Spark and Hadoop both are the open-source Big-Data processing frameworks. Spark is derived from Hadoop just because to improve the functionality in Data processing in some areas where Hadoop was found to be a bit slow. It does not mean Spark cannot run without Haddop, but you may have to compromise with some functionalities.

Example: Parquet File processing.

You can learn more about Spark in this link.