大数据处理实践探索 ---- 笔试面试考点：hive (基础知识)

---

简介

The Apache Hive ™ data warehouse software facilitates reading, writing, and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage using SQL. Structure can be projected onto data already in storage. A command line tool and JDBC driver are provided to connect users to Hive.

getting start：https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted

hive 官方文档：https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Home#Home-UserDocumentation
hive 数据类型 ：https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+Types

---

基础题目

• Hive有哪些方式保存元数据，各有哪些特点？

Hive支持三种不同的元存储服务器，分别为：
内嵌式元存储服务器;