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Big Data
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Big Data

by Nathan Marz, James Warren
April 2015
Beginner to intermediate
328 pages
11h 1m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 2. Data model for Big Data

This chapter covers

  • Properties of data
  • The fact-based data model
  • Benefits of a fact-based model for Big Data
  • Graph schemas

In the last chapter you saw what can go wrong when using traditional tools for building data systems, and we went back to first principles to derive a better design. You saw that every data system can be formulated as computing functions on data, and you learned the basics of the Lambda Architecture, which provides a practical way to implement an arbitrary function on arbitrary data in real time.

At the core of the Lambda Architecture is the master dataset, which is highlighted in figure 2.1. The master dataset is the source of truth in the Lambda Architecture. Even if you were ...

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