The document outlines recent developments and goals for HPCC Systems leading up to version 8.0, covering areas such as cloud enhancements, security measures, and interoperability improvements. Key focus areas include optimizing startup speed, restructuring components, implementing security protocols, and enhancing productivity tools. The presentation is a part of the 2019 HPCC Systems Community Day and is available for viewing on YouTube.

1. 2019 HPCC
Systems®
Community Day
Challenge Yourself –
Challenge the Status Quo
The Path to 8.0Gavin Halliday
Enterprise Lead
Architect
LexisNexis Risk
Solutions

2. Cloud

3. Cloud
• Recent steps
• Thor startup speed
• ROXIE restructuring
• Storing hostnames in the environment
• Path to 8.0
• Consistent component-specific configurations
• Containers for components
• Kubernetes deployment
• Efficient unattached storage
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4. Security

5. Security
• Recent steps
• Dali connection whitelist
• Restricted Files and signed code
• Dafilesrv authenticated access
• Path to 8.0
• Complete restricted files
• Complete dafilesrv changes
• Trusted components, secure connections
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6. Interoperability

7. Interoperability
• Recent changes
• Reading and writing HPCC Systems files from Spark
• Refactoring the disk processing code
• Path to 8.0
• Pluggable interface for internal and external file formats
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8. Productivity

9. Productivity
• Recent steps
• Data patterns integration into ECLWatch
• Workunit analysis tool
• Path to 8.0
• Further Data Patterns integration
• More rules for the workunit analysis tool
• Better system monitoring
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10. 2019 HPCC
Systems®
Community Day
Challenge Yourself –
Challenge the Status Quo
The Path to 8.0Gavin Halliday

11. View this presentation on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3nOuhv3A&list=PL-
8MJMUpp8IKH5-d56az56t52YccleX5h&index=11&t=43s (1:22:43)