Apache Hadoop 2.3.0 was released
Hadoop-2.3.0 is the first release for the year 2014, and brings a number of enhancements to the core platform, in particular to HDFS. There are a lot of bug fixes and small changes in this one - you can read ...
SQL is what’s next for Hadoop
Today all the companies are trying to let users run SQL queries from inside Hadoop as it is open-source software framework. Companies are using Hive and HiveQL languages in Hadoop implementation but Hive is mainly depends on MapReduce. Business intelligence ...
How MapR’s M7 Platform Improves NoSQL and Hadoop
The M7 Edition. Sounds like a high performance sports car, doesn’t it? In reality, M7 is MapR’s enterprise-grade platform that provides its own unique brand of high-performance, dependability and ease of use to both NoSQL and Hadoop applications. M7 removes ...
MariaDB-An Open Source Alternative and Replacement of MySQL
MySQL was the best open source database in the market before Sun Microsystems purchased it. After this, Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems and MySQL came in the hands of Oracle. After this purchase a fair number of MySQL users started looking ...
MongoDB vs CouchDB-Open Source NoSQL and Document Databases Comparison
MongoDB and CouchDB are both document-oriented databases. MongoDB and CouchDB are the best examples of open source NoSQL database. Aside from both storing documents though, it turns out that they don't share much in common. There are a lot of ...
Types and Examples of NoSQL Databases
NoSQL databases are growing with very rapid speed because of their exciting features like more flexibility and scalability, schema-free architecture, easy replication support, simple API, consistent / BASE (not ACID), support for big data and more.
What is NoSQL database?
NoSQL is ...
MongoDB NoSQL Database Interview Questions
MongoDB is the best free open source NoSQL document oriented database. If you are preparing for the technical interview on MongoDB NoSQL database, must prepare the following MongoDB NoSQL database interview questions. These MongoDB NoSQL database interview questions cover basic ...
Why NoSQL became MORE SQL
One of the key points I raised was about how many folks were just slapping on Big Data badges to the same old same old, another was that Map Reduce really doesn't work they way traditional IT estates behave which ...
Hadoop admin interview questions
Which operating system(s) are supported for production Hadoop deployment?
The main supported operating system is Linux. However, with some additional software Hadoop can be deployed on Windows.
What is the role of the namenode?
The namenode is the "brain" of the Hadoop cluster ...
6 things to make your Big Data project succeed
Some things that you can do to actually make the Big Data project you take on succeed. Â The first thing you need to do is stop trying to make 'Big Data' succeed and instead start focusing on how you educate ...