This illustration shows the major software components of Oracle Big Data Appliance. Oracle Linux and Oracle Java Hotspot Virtual Machine form the base of a rectangle. Oracle NoSQL Database sits atop this rectangle on the left. Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH) sits atop this rectangle on the right. Above CDH are Oracle Big Data Connectors (Oracle Loader for Hadoop, Oracle Data Integrator Application Adapter for Hadoop, and Oracle R Connector for Hadoop.