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About Apache Pinot

Apache Pinot is an open-source, distributed OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) datastore designed for lightning-fast insights and real-time analytics. Originally developed at LinkedIn, it provides ultra low-latency queries at extremely high throughput, making it suitable for user-facing analytical applications. Pinot is built for businesses and developers who need to perform complex aggregations and filtering on large datasets with sub-second response times. Its distributed architecture and columnar storage enable effortless scaling and cost-effective data-driven decisions. It supports both batch and streaming data ingestion from various sources like Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis, Hadoop, and S3, allowing for a unified view of data. Key benefits include the ability to serve hundreds of thousands of concurrent queries per second, versatile indexing options for optimized performance, and built-in upsert functionality to handle frequently updated records efficiently. Its standard SQL query interface and multitenancy features further enhance its usability and manageability for diverse analytical workloads.