Apache Flume Pros and Cons

its reliable distributed, supports aggregation of data. can be considered as an alternative to kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

not scalable like kafka.for adding more consumers needs to change topology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

flexibility and integration with other used open source tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

not greate integration with azure cloud stack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache Flume can be configured as a topology of pluggable components which can perform simple transformations on the data in transit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The failover strategies are not as efficient as other streaming applications like Kafka or NiFi and as a result, It is quite easy to lose the data in transit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best tool for moving large amount of log data. Efficiency and helps to create new sources and destinations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has some compatibility issues. But it is not a big problem we can do our work with Apache Flume. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High reliability and redundancy ability to perform log shipping via web service sockets etc. Ability to provide TLS/SSL support, Kafka client, Hbase 2 support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with many Apache products it is a bear to setup and requires a high level of operational understanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s quick to execute and run. Good for smaller batches of information. Very precise! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s not quite as good and streamlined when you have larger data sets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s reliable and efficient to collect and move data to different systems

Used in conjunction with Hadoop file system

Simple yet robust architecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Still needs to evolve the way I look at it interms of integrating with a robust system like Hadoop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to configure, uses configuration file where we define our source, channel and sink. Can be used for etl Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Might not work well with Solr and Hbase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how intuitive the design is. The UI flow is very natural, and they consistently work to improve the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike how much red is everywhere. Whenever I go to use a new ticket, all I see is red red red!! Can we some blue or green please? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It Is beat tool for efficiently collect data and move large amount of log files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a little time taking to setup and and freezes if it gets low connectivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.