Ease of extension

Let's now get into the second design thought based on which Sqoop 2 was designed. This aspect is quite crucial for modern day enterprises with varying types of applications in which data lives.

Table 02: Sqoop 1 and Sqoop 2 - Comparison based on ease of extension

The table above summarized the differences between Sqoop 1 and 2 with regard to writing a connector. Clearly, Sqoop 2 brings in good advantages as against Sqoop 1.