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Advantages of Hadoop MapReduce Programming

Hadoop MapReduce provides several key advantages for processing big data: it is highly scalable, allowing data to be distributed across inexpensive servers for parallel processing; it is cost-effective since costs reduce significantly as data volumes increase; and it is flexible, supporting various data types and languages for extraction of value from diverse sources of structured and unstructured data.

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Advantages of Hadoop MapReduce Programming

Hadoop MapReduce provides several key advantages for processing big data: it is highly scalable, allowing data to be distributed across inexpensive servers for parallel processing; it is cost-effective since costs reduce significantly as data volumes increase; and it is flexible, supporting various data types and languages for extraction of value from diverse sources of structured and unstructured data.

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Advantages of Hadoop MapReduce

Programming
Big Data is basically a term that covers large and complex data sets. To
handle it, one requires use of different data processing applications when
compared with traditional types.
While there are various applications that allow handling and processing of
big data, the base framework has always been that of Apache Hadoop.

What is Apache Hadoop?


Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java and
comprises of two parts, which are the storage part and the other being the
data processing part. The storage part is called the Hadoop Distributed
File System (HDFS) and the processing part is called MapReduce.
We now look into the advantages that are offered by Hadoop MapReduce
programming.

Advantages of MapReduce programming


The advantages of MapReduce programming are,
Scalability
Hadoop is a platform that is highly scalable. This is largely because of its
ability to store as well as distribute large data sets across plenty of
servers. These servers can be inexpensive and can operate in parallel.
And with each addition of servers one adds more processing power.
Contrary to the traditional relational database management systems
(RDMS) that cannot scale in order to process huge amounts of data,
Hadoop MapReduce programming enables business organizations to run
applications from a huge number of nodes that could involve the usage of
thousands of terabytes of data.
Cost-effective solution
Hadoops highly scalable structure also implies that it comes across as a
very cost-effective solution for businesses that need to store ever growing
data dictated by todays requirements
In the case of traditional relational database management systems, it
becomes massively cost prohibitive to scale to the degrees possible with
Hadoop, just to process data. As such, many of the businesses would have
to downsize data and further implement classifications based on
assumptions of how certain data could be more valuable that the other. In

the process, raw data would have to be deleted. This basically serves
short term priorities, and if a business happens to change its plans
somewhere down the line, the complete set of raw data would be
unavailable for later usage.
Hadoops scale-out architecture with MapReduce programming, allows the
storage and processing of data in a very affordable manner. It can also be
used in later times. In fact, the cost savings are massive and costs can
reduce from thousands and figures to hundred figures for every terabyte
of data.
Flexibility
Business organizations can make use of Hadoop MapReduce programming
to have access to various new sources of data and also operate on
different types of data, whether they are structured or unstructured. This
allows them to generate value from all of the data that can be accessed
by them.
Along such lines, Hadoop offers support for numerous languages that can
be used for data processing and storage. Whether the data source is
social media, email, or clickstream, MapReduce can work on all of them.
Also, Hadoop MapReduce programming allows for many applications, such
as recommendation systems, processing of logs, marketing analysis,
warehousing of data and fraud detection.
Fast
Hadoop uses a storage method known as distributed file system, which
basically implements a mapping system to locate data in a cluster. The
tools used for data processing, such as MapReduce programming, are also
generally located in the very same servers, which allows for faster
processing of data.
Even if you happen to be dealing with large volumes of data that is
unstructured, Hadoop MapReduce takes minutes to process terabytes of
data, and hours for petabytes of data.
Security and Authentication
Security is a vital aspect of any application. If any unlawful person or
organization had access to multiple petabytes of your organizations data,
it can do you massive harm in terms of business dealings and operations.
In this regard, MapReduce works with HDFS and HBase security that
allows only approved users to operate on data stored in the system.
Parallel processing

One of the primary aspects of the working of MapReduce programming is


that it divides tasks in a manner that allows their execution in parallel.
Parallel processing allows multiple processors to take on these divided
tasks, such that they run entire programs in less time.
Availability and resilient nature
When data is sent to an individual node in the entire network, the very
same set of data is also forwarded to the other numerous nodes that
make up the network. Thus, if there is any failure that affects a particular
node, there are always other copies that can still be accessed whenever
the need may arise. This always assures the availability of data.
One of the biggest advantages offered by Hadoop is that of its fault
tolerance. Hadoop MapReduce has the ability to quickly recognize faults
that occur and then apply a quick and automatic recovery solution. This
makes it a game changer when it comes to big data processing.
Simple model of programming
Among the various advantages that Hadoop MapReduce offers, one of the
most important ones is that it is based on a simple programming model.
This basically allows programmers to develop MapReduce programs that
can handle tasks with more ease and efficiency.
The programs for MapReduce can be written using Java, which is a
language that isnt very hard to pickup and is also used widespread. Thus,
it is easy for people to learn and write programs that meets their data
processing needs sufficiently.

Conclusion
When it comes down the processing of large data sets, Hadoops
MapReduce programming allows for the processing of such large volumes
of data in a completely safe and cost-effective manner. Hadoop also
triumphs over relational database management systems when it comes to
the processing of large data clusters. Finally, many businesses have
already realized the promise that Hadoop holds and it is imperative that
its value to businesses will grow as unstructured data keeps growing.

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