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. Ā The first thing you need to do is stop trying to make 'Big Data' succeed and instead start focusing on how you educate ...
How to learn Hadoop like a boss
Big data is reshaping the landscape of business IT. Thanks to cheap storage, the massive processing power of the latest technology, and tools like Hadoop, organisations are now able to mine terabytes of information and derive useful business intelligence from ...
Anatomy of a MapReduce Job
Hadoop Ecosystem and MapReduce
There is an extensive list of products and projects that either extend Hadoopās functionality or expose some existing capability in new ways. For example, executing SQL-like queries on top of Hadoop has spwaned several products. Facebook started ...
Integrating Hadoop into Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
Information from SAS and TDWI Research
The purpose of this report is to accelerate usersā understanding of the many new products and practices based on Hadoop technologies that have emerged in recent years. While Hadoop usage is a minority practice today, ...
Things to Learn in R
By Joshua Burkhow
You up for learning something new? or maybe like me want to ādoā statistics? If you are looking to do data analysis then R is a great tool/language to learn.
What is R?
R is a system for statistical ...
Vital Hadoop tools for crunching Big Data
Today, the most popularly term in IT world is āHadoopā. Within a short span of time, Hadoop has grown massively and has proved to be useful for a large collection of diverse projects. The Hadoop community is fast evolving and ...
Hadoop Cluster Interview Questions
Which are the three modes in which Hadoop can be run?
The three modes in which Hadoop can be run are:
1. standalone (local) mode
2. Pseudo-distributed mode
3. Fully distributed mode
What are the features of Stand alone (local) mode?
In stand-alone mode there are ...
Hadoop Resources
History of Hadoop
Spotlight on the early history of Hadoop
The history of Hadoop: From 4 nodes to the future of data
Big Ideas: Demystifying Hadoop
What is MapReduce?
"Cluster Computing and MapReduce Lecture" series in YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPBkvYh-ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vD6PUdf3Js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eib_H_zCEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZDybXl212Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-piFBP4fE
http://labs.google.com/papers/mapreduce.html
http://code.google.com/edu/parallel/mapreduce-tutorial.htmlĀ
What is Hadoop?
http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/02/what-is-apache-hadoop.html
http://gigaom.com/cloud/what-it-really-means-when-someone-says-hadoop
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1209hadoopbigdata/
What is HDFS?
The paper covers most of ...