Part I. Introduction to the Cloud

The purpose of the first part of this book is to orient you. First, the exact meaning of “the cloud” when it comes to working with Hadoop clusters is explored, so that it is clear what the benefits and drawbacks are. Then, overviews of three major public cloud providers are provided, including a little of their history as well as their approaches to doing business.

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