This image shows the location of various software components for an Oracle SQL Connector for HDFS installation that supports HDFS and Data Pump input formats.The following components appear from top to bottom:

A cylinder represents Oracle Database. The cylinder rests on a plane that represents the Oracle Database system. An external table appears inside Oracle Database. Two cubes that represent the Hadoop client and Oracle SQL Connector for HDFS reside in the Oracle Database system.

Below the Oracle Database system is an area that represents a Hadoop cluster. Four servers are shown in the Hadoop cluster with ellipses to indicate additional servers. Several pages inside each server represent a data file. Lines from the servers point to the Oracle Database system.