Apache SQOOP (SQL-to-Hadoop) is a tool designed to import bulk Data into HDFS from Structured data stores such as Relational databases [RDBMS], enterprise data warehouses, and NoSQL systems.
In beginning of Ingestion Phase, We pull the structured data from RDBMS (Source layer) to HDFS in Hadoop with the help of Data Ingestion Tools (given with example Companies) such as:
a) SQOOP (Bank of America)
b) SPARK (TCS)
c) TALEND (Bank of England)
d) KAFKA (Cap Gemini)
e) Rest API (HCL)
f) SOAP Services
In other words, importing the Data from RDBMS to HDFS in Hadoop system
is called "SQOOP Import Process".
Data in SQOOP will be saved in the form of "Part File".