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Posted to user@storm.apache.org by Muhammad Asif Abbasi <as...@gmail.com> on 2014/03/22 09:10:18 UTC

Why is Storm called Storm?

Hi,

I wanted to know if anybody can help me identify why Storm has been named
as Storm? What does it signify?

Cheers,
Asif

Re: Why is Storm called Storm?

Posted by bijoy deb <bi...@gmail.com>.

It signifies Speed.The 'Storm' tool is capable of processing data at very
fast speed,comparable to the speed of a storm.

Thanks
Bijoy

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Muhammad Asif Abbasi <asif.abbasi@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to know if anybody can help me identify why Storm has been named
> as Storm? What does it signify?
>
> Cheers,
> Asif
>