[SPARK-7040] Explore receiver-less DStream for Flume

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Component/s: DStreams
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Hari Shreedharan
• Created: 21/Apr/15 20:49
• Updated: 14/Sep/15 20:11
• Resolved: 14/Sep/15 20:11

Description

I am thinking about repurposing the FlumePollingInputDStream to make it more parallel and pull in data like the DirectKafkaDStream. Since Flume does not have a unique way of identifying specific event offsets, this will not be once-only.