September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
512 pages
13h 54m
English
Overview
Hadoop in Practice, Second Edition provides over 100 tested, instantly useful techniques that will help you conquer big data, using Hadoop. This revised new edition covers changes and new features in the Hadoop core architecture, including MapReduce 2. Brand new chapters cover YARN and integrating Kafka, Impala, and Spark SQL with Hadoop. You'll also get new and updated techniques for Flume, Sqoop, and Mahout, all of which have seen major new versions recently. In short, this is the most practical, up-to-date coverage of Hadoop available anywhere
About the Technology
About the Book
It's always a good time to upgrade your Hadoop skills! Hadoop in Practice, Second Edition provides a collection of 104 tested, instantly useful techniques for analyzing real-time streams, moving data securely, machine learning, managing large-scale clusters, and taming big data using Hadoop. This completely revised edition covers changes and new features in Hadoop core, including MapReduce 2 and YARN. You'll pick up hands-on best practices for integrating Spark, Kafka, and Impala with Hadoop, and get new and updated techniques for the latest versions of Flume, Sqoop, and Mahout. In short, this is the most practical, up-to-date coverage of Hadoop available.
Readers need to know a programming language like Java and have basic familiarity with Hadoop.
What's Inside
- Thoroughly updated for Hadoop 2
- How to write YARN applications
- Integrate real-time technologies like Storm, Impala, and Spark
- Predictive analytics using Mahout and RR
About the Reader
About the Author
Alex Holmes works on tough big-data problems. He is a software engineer, author, speaker, and blogger specializing in large-scale Hadoop projects.
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Very insightful. A deep dive into the Hadoop world.
- Andrea Tarocchi, Red Hat, Inc.
The most complete material on Hadoop and its ecosystem known to mankind!
- Arthur Zubarev, Vital Insights
Clear and concise, full of insights and highly applicable information.
- Edward de Oliveira Ribeiro, DataStax, Inc.
Comprehensive up-to-date coverage of Hadoop 2.
- Muthusamy Manigandan, OzoneMedia
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