Sqoop 1 versus Sqoop 2

It's important to understand the difference between the two flavours of Sqoop, and this sections aims to cover that in some detail. It will first explain the main design thoughts on which Sqoop 2 was designed and then compare each of these with regards to Sqoop 1.

As detailed in blogs on the Apache website on Sqoop, below are the main design thoughts on which the newly-developed and ever-evolving Sqoop 2 architecture design is based. They are:

• Ease of use
• Ease of extension
• Security

The subsections below will delve into the above design thoughts and compare both Sqoop 1 and Sqoop 2.