Chapter 1. Documentation Changes
Apache Flume version 1.5.2 includes cumulative 1.6 features. The table below indicates the features added to Flume 1.5.2 with each release of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).
![[Note]](../common/images/admon/note.png) | Note |
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As of HDP 2.6.0, Flume is deprecated but still supported. It will be removed and no longer supported as of HDP 3.0.0. |
Table 1.1. Features by HDP Version
| HDP Release | Added Features | Advantages |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5.0 | Kafka Channel | Uses a single Kafka topic. Provides greater reliability and better performance. |
| TailDir Source | Greater data reliability, even with rotating file names. Can restart tailing at the point where Flume stopped, while continuing data ingest. | |
| 2.4.0 | Kafka Source | Reads messages from a Kafka topic. Can have multiple Kafka sources running and configure them to read a unique set of partitions for the topic. |
| Kafka Sink | Publishes data to a Kafka topic. Supports pull-based processing from various Flume sources. | |
| 2.3.0 | Hive Sink | Not recommended for use in production. Streams events containing delimited text or JSON data directly into a Hive table or partition. Provides a preview feature and not. |