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How to query Hadoop for getting counts

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Tuesday Big Data Series

INFOGRAPHIC – Apache Pig

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Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Oozie

Oozie, an open source project, is implemented as a Java web application that runs in a Java servlet container and is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. It is a workflow scheduling system to manage Hadoop jobs. Oozie combines multiple jobs sequentially into one logical unit of work. It is integrated with the Hadoop stack, with YARN… Continue reading Term of the Week : Oozie

Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Apache Tez

The Apache Tez project is an extensible framework built on top of Apache Hadoop YARN. It is used to process data, that earlier took multiple MR jobs, now in a single Tez job which uses Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) for data processing. It is used for building high performance batch and interactive data processing applications.… Continue reading Term of the Week : Apache Tez

Monday Technology Series

What is Apache Tez?

The Apache Tez project is an extensible framework built on top of Apache Hadoop YARN. It is used to process data, that earlier took multiple MR jobs, now in a single Tez job which uses Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) for data processing. It is used for building high performance batch and interactive data processing applications. It drastically improves… Continue reading What is Apache Tez?

Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Apache Pig

The term Apache Pig  refers to an open source scripting platform by Apache used for analyzing and processing large data sets. It allows users to write complex map reduce problems using a simple scripting language called Pig Latin. Pig translates the Pig Latin script into MapReduce so that it can be executed within YARN for access to a… Continue reading Term of the Week : Apache Pig

Tuesday Big Data Series

Hive or Pig?

Which one of them is your favorite – Hive or Pig? What do you prefer to work with? People often confuse as to when to use Hive and when to use Pig. And, while in most of the cases, either of it can be used, the question that arises is why both of them exist in… Continue reading Hive or Pig?

Tuesday Big Data Series

Understanding Pig Data Model

Pig has a simple yet rich data model which consists the following four types: Atom An atom consists of a single atomic value which can be a string or a number. Examples – ‘tom’ or 2 Tuple A tuple is a sequence of fields each of which can be of any datatype. Examples – (‘tom’, ‘california’) or… Continue reading Understanding Pig Data Model

Monday Technology Series

Apache Pig and it’s awesome features!

Pig is an open source scripting platform by Apache used for analyzing and processing large data sets. It allows users to write complex map reduce problems using a simple scripting language called Pig Latin. Pig translates the Pig Latin script into MapReduce so that it can be executed within YARN for access to a single dataset stored… Continue reading Apache Pig and it’s awesome features!