Flume is not limited to collect logs from distributed systems, but it is capable of performing other use cases such as
Flume was awesome to me because it is very easy to extend. The source and sink architecture is flexible and provides simpler APIs.
- Collecting readings from array of sensors
- Collecting impressions from custom apps for an ad network
- Collecting readings from network devices in order to monitor their performance.
- Flume is targeted to preserve the reliability, scalability, manageability and extensibility while it serves maximum number of clients with higher QoS.
Flume was awesome to me because it is very easy to extend. The source and sink architecture is flexible and provides simpler APIs.