# Oracle Big Data Online Documentation

Overview

Welcome

Companies have been making business decisions for decades based on transactional data stored in relational databases. Beyond that critical data is a potential treasure trove of less structured data: weblogs, social media, email, sensors, and photographs that can be mined for useful information.

Oracle offers a broad and integrated portfolio of products to help you acquire and organize these diverse data sources and analyze them alongside your existing data to find new insights and capitalize on hidden relationships. Learn how Oracle helps you acquire, organize, and analyze your big data.

Big Data Appliance Installation and Setup

Oracle® Big Data Appliance Safety and Compliance Guide
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Site Checklists
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Configuration Worksheets
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Owner's Guide

Integrated Software and Big Data Connectors

Oracle® Big Data Appliance Licensing Information
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Software User's Guide
Oracle® Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in Installation Guide for Oracle Big Data Appliance
Oracle® Big Data Connectors User's Guide
Oracle® Loader for Hadoop Java API Reference
Oracle® Big Data Appliance Perfect Balance Java API Reference
Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop Library

Related Software Libraries

Oracle R Enterprise
Oracle NoSQL Database
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Related Hardware Libraries

Oracle Sun Server X3-2L
Oracle Sun Rack II
Oracle Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36
Oracle Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway Switch
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager