EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced version 4.2 of EMC Greenplum Database, bringing to the industry-leading platform for in-database analytics new levels of Big Data integration, database manageability and performance. That means customers can run massive-scale mission-critical analysis even more easily and rapidly, thus further boosting their analytic productivity, business value and business decision-making prowess. Sitting at the heart of the EMC Greenplum family of products, Greenplum Database 4.2 includes a high-performance gNet for Hadoop; language and compatibility enhancements for faster migrations to Greenplum; simpler, scalable backup with EMC Data Domain Boost; an extension framework and turnkey in-database analytics; and targeted performance optimization.
The new EMC® Greenplum® Database 4.2, significantly enhancing Big Data integration and database manageability and performance, includes a high-performance gNet™ for Apache Hadoop; simpler, scalable backup with EMC Data Domain® Boost; faster migrations to Greenplum; turnkey in-database analytics; and targeted performance optimization.
gNet combined with Hadoop integration enables quicker analysis and insights through high-performance parallel import and export of compressed and uncompressed data from Hadoop clusters.
Greenplum Database now includes simpler, scalable backup with Data Domain Boost integration. This new feature dramatically increases aggregate throughput, reduces costs by reducing the amount of data transferred over the network and increases simplicity by eliminating the need to create and manage virtual drives.
New Greenplum language and compatibility enhancements streamline support of third-party tools and make migrations to Greenplum from Oracle faster and simpler.
Greenplum Command Center, the first web-based Big Data infrastructure management console, provides a unified interface for monitoring and administration of all Greenplum products.










