How HBase on Azure is different
When you spin up an Azure HDInsight cluster running HBase, you get a functional HBase installation that just happens to be running on Windows - it’s actually...
Running .NET Core apps in a Docker container
.NET Core is in the early stages, but a lot of work is happening there. The ability to run the same .NET code on a Linux or a Windows machine is a huge oppor...
Configure an HDInsight HBase cluster that doesn’t keep going BANG! with 502s
Running a massively scalable NoSQL database in the cloud is super easy, but not cheap if you want to run it 24x7. The managed offering from Azure - a dedicat...
Integration testing Storm .NET topologies
In previous posts, I’ve looked at Unit testing Storm .NET applications using the LocalContext and a mock Context to test your .NET bolts, and A stub Event Hu...
A stub Event Hub Spout for testing Storm .NET
If you’re using Apache Storm on HDInsight and consuming events from Event Hubs, the current ‘get started’ approach is to use a hybrid topology with a Java sp...