What is Hadoop?
Hadoop is an open source fr
amework, from the Apache foundation, capable of processing large amounts of heterogeneous data sets in a distributed fashion across clusters of commodity computers and hardware using a simplified programming model. Hadoop provides a reliable shared storage and analysis system.
The Hadoop framework is based closely on the following principle:
In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. ~Grace Hopper
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An introduction to Apache Hadoop for big data
Introduction to Hadoop
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