@superkk Ironically, we debated this extensively and concluded the reverse (primarily because we believe the Spark API is succinct and integration with the eco-system will be easy) - much more like spark than Gemfire. In fact, the API is pretty much Spark. For instance, you don't care about updating data, you just use the Spark DataFrame API. ( https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/snappydata#quick-start-with... )

The beauty of open source is the we do not have to guess. Take a look at the source. GemFire offers some amazing capabilities and it would be foolish to not use them, but the integration of Spark into the platform is fairly deep and we intend to contribute things back to Spark over time. But marketing is not complaining :)