| Parallel indexing | Always parallel | Parallel if firehose is splittable | Always sequential |
| Supported indexing modes | Replacing mode | Both appending and replacing modes | Both appending and replacing modes |
| External dependency | Hadoop (it internally submits Hadoop jobs) | No dependency | No dependency |
| Supported [rollup modes](http://druid.io/docs/latest/ingestion/index.html#roll-up-modes) | Perfect rollup | Best-effort rollup | Both perfect and best-effort rollup |
| Supported partitioning methods | [Both Hash-based and range partitioning](http://druid.io/docs/latest/ingestion/hadoop.html#partitioning-specification) | N/A | Hash-based partitioning (when `forceGuaranteedRollup` = true) |
| Supported input locations | All locations accessible via HDFS client or Druid dataSource | All implemented [firehoses](./firehose.html) | All implemented [firehoses](./firehose.html) |
| Supported file formats | All implemented Hadoop InputFormats | Currently text file formats (CSV, TSV, JSON) by default. Additional formats can be added though a [custom extension](../development/modules.html) implementing [`FiniteFirehoseFactory`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/blob/master/core/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/FiniteFirehoseFactory.java) | Currently text file formats (CSV, TSV, JSON) by default. Additional formats can be added though a [custom extension](../development/modules.html) implementing [`FiniteFirehoseFactory`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/blob/master/core/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/data/input/FiniteFirehoseFactory.java) |