LISTEN
Receive incoming data.
Core receives data as it enters the ClaraStream data path.
CLARASTREAM CORE
Prepare data in flight.
ClaraStream Core is software for receiving incoming data and transforming it in flight from its source form into structured, preprocessed data for downstream use.
Core moves data preparation earlier in the path, so downstream systems can work with prepared data instead of independently repeating the same preparation work.
Software-based data preparation.
CORELISTEN · TRANSFORM
THE DATA PREPARATION LAYER
Listen. Transform. Prepare.
Core performs the Listen and Transform functions within the ClaraStream Data Movement Plane™ architecture.
TRANSFORM
Prepare data while it is moving.
Core transforms incoming data from its source form into a structured, preprocessed form that downstream systems can consume more directly.
PREPARE
Make the result ready for downstream use.
The result is prepared data that can be passed to ClaraStream Stream or consumed by other downstream systems.
Prepare once. Use many.
THE ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE
Prepare the data before every downstream system has to.
In application-by-application architectures, each new system can introduce another collection and preparation path to the same underlying data.
Core moves that preparation into a shared point earlier in the data path.
Instead of downstream applications independently repeating the same preparation work, Core prepares the data before it reaches those downstream uses.
This separates data preparation from the systems that ultimately consume the data.
TRANSFORMATION
From source form to prepared data.
Core transforms incoming data in flight into a structured, preprocessed form.
The objective is not to determine how the data will ultimately be used. Core prepares the data so downstream systems can consume it more directly.
DATA IN SOURCE FORM
CLARASTREAM COREListen · Transform
PREPARED DATAStructured · Preprocessed · Ready for downstream use
CURRENT PRODUCT
ClaraStream Core for Syslog
The current Core implementation receives Syslog data and transforms it into structured Apache Arrow output.
Apache Arrow provides the prepared data structure used by ClaraStream Stream and can also be consumed by downstream applications and integrations designed to work with that output.
This implementation applies the broader Core architecture to Syslog. Other data types would use ClaraStream products developed for those specific inputs.
SYSLOG
CLARASTREAM COREListen · Transform
APACHE ARROWStructured · Preprocessed
DEPLOYMENT
Runs in your environment. Your data stays under your control.
ClaraStream Core is deployed in new or existing server environments that you control.
During Core processing, the data remains within the environment where the software is deployed. ClaraStream does not ingest, host, or process your data through a ClaraStream SaaS service.
ClaraStream does not take custody of your data.
Core is designed to improve the performance of software-based data preparation while keeping processing within your infrastructure.
Your infrastructure. Your data. ClaraStream software.
FROM PREPARATION TO DISTRIBUTION
Core prepares the data. Stream keeps it moving.
Core and Stream perform different functions within the ClaraStream architecture.
CORE
Receives and transforms incoming data into prepared data.
STREAM
Publishes that prepared data as a near-real-time, continuous stream for authorized downstream subscribers.
Core can be used as a data-preparation product. When Core and Stream are delivered together as an integrated production offering, that bundle is ClaraStream Flow.
Explore ClaraStream Stream →BUNDLED PRODUCTION OFFERING
Core + Stream = Flow
ClaraStream Flow combines Core for data preparation with Stream for continuous streaming and distribution.
Flow is the bundled production offering for customers who want ClaraStream preparation and streaming delivered together.
CLARASTREAM COREData preparation
+
CLARASTREAM STREAMContinuous streaming and distribution
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CLARASTREAM FLOWBundled production offering
USAGE-AGNOSTIC
Prepare the data without deciding how it has to be used.
Core does not determine how prepared data must ultimately be used.
Prepared data can support AI / ML, AI Agents, applications, analytics and operations, storage and data platforms, and other downstream uses.
The downstream system determines what happens next.
That keeps Core focused on its role: preparing data in flight.
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Put ClaraStream Core to work in your environment.
Use software-based data preparation to move transformation earlier in the data path.