Using the Apache Vanilla Hadoop driver

Although the Apache Vanilla Hadoop driver is not shipped as installed with PDI as with the Apache Hadoop driver, once you install this driver, you can directly connect to plain Hadoop clusters, commonly known as Apache Vanilla Hadoop clusters. As a best practice when working with plain Hadoop clusters, use the Apache Vanilla Hadoop driver for expanded functionality beyond the pre-installed Apache Hadoop driver for both secure and unsecured environments. For plain Hadoop clusters, the Apache Vanilla Hadoop driver supports a range of services including HDFS file copy, big data file formats (such as ORC, Avro, and Parquet), Hive operations, MapReduce jobs, and Sqoop.