Apache Helix

Apache Helix is an open-source cluster management framework developed by the Apache Software Foundation.

Helix is one of the several notable open source projects developed by LinkedIn. It is a stable cluster management framework used for the automatic management of partitioned, replicated and distributed resources hosted on a cluster of systems.

Helix is one of several notable cluster management framework originally developed by LinkedIn apart from Apache Samza, Apache Kafka and Voldemort. The origins of Helix lie in a distributed NoSQL called Espresso.

The following is a list of notable enterprises that have used or are using Helix:

• LinkedIn
• Yahoo
• Uber
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Airbnb

• Cluster management

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