Hive and HCatalog require a database to use as a metadata store and by default use an embedded Derby database. MySQL 5.x, Oracle 11gr2, or PostgreSQL 8.x are supported database types. For more information on providing access to an existing database, see Supported Database Matrix for Hortonworks Data Platform.
Oozie requires a database to use as a metadata store and by default uses embedded Derby database.
MySQL 5.x, Oracle 11gr2, or PostgreSQL 8.x are also supported. For more information, see Supported Database Matrix for Hortonworks Data Platform.
