Simplify and Boost Spark 3 Deployments with Hypervisor-Native Kubernetes
Description
In 2020, two significant IT platforms converge. On the one hand, Spark 3 becomes available with the support of Kubernetes as a scheduler. On the other hand, VMware releases project Pacific which is an industry-grade Kubernetes that is natively integrated with the VMware vSphere 7 hypervisor. In this session, we present a reference architecture that integrates these two platforms. With the integration of Spark 3 and VMware Pacific, Spark clusters get deployed on the same Kubernetes + virtual machines platform that is used by dozens of thousands of companies across the world. These are some of the main benefits: -Scalable and straightforward deployments: With Kubernetes, IT operations teams may add more nodes via some simple command-line instructions to the clusters to expand their capacity. VMware Pacific delivers enterprise-grade Kubernetes to run Spark clusters after a few simple setup steps. -Reliability: Kubernetes takes care of keeping the specified number of workers, even after hardware failures occur. It can self-heal and bring services back on track in a matter of seconds. Spark clusters may get a significant boost in their levels of availability. -Predictable performance: …
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