Liliana Kadar, et al, show us the tools we can use to tune Cloudera’s Operatioanl Database:
A query optimizer determined the most efficient way to run a query. Query optimization helps you to reduce the hardware resources required to run a query and also speeds up your query-response time. Cloudera’s Operational Database provides you with various tools such as plan analyzers to make optimal use of your computing resources.
Cloudera’s OpDB provides various cost-based and rules-based optimizers. You can use different optimizers based on your use cases. OpDB is primarily used for Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) use cases with Apache Phoenix in the OpDB used as a SQL engine. But you can also use Hive and Impala for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) use cases.
Read on for recommendations on platform choice as well as indexing and tuning options.