System Requirements

Each machine where you use the Simba Apache Spark JDBC Connector must have Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8.0, 11.0, installed. If you are using the connector with JDBC API version 4.2, then you must use JRE 8.0, .

The Simba Apache Spark JDBC Connector supports Apache Spark versions 2.3 through 3.0.

Additionally, the Simba Apache Spark JDBC Connector supports Apache Arrow. When using a Java JVM version 11 or higher, add the line --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED to the JVM arguments.

Important:

The connector only supports connections to Spark Thrift Server instances. It does not support connections to Shark Server instances.