Understanding big data

Actually, big data is a terminology which refers to challenges that we are facing due to exponential growth of data in terms of V problems. The challenges can be subdivided into the following phases:

  • Capture
  • Storage
  • Search
  • Sharing
  • Analytics
  • Visualization

Big data systems refer to technologies that can process and analyze data, which we discussed as volume, velocity, and variety data problems. The technologies that can solve big data problems should use the following architectural strategy:

  • Distributed computing system
  • Massively parallel processing (MPP)
  • NoSQL (Not only SQL)
  • Analytical database

The structure is as follows:

Understanding big data

Big data systems ...

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