Hadoop
Hadoop
Hadoop primarily uses the MapReduce computational method for processing and
managing large-scale data. MapReduce is a programming model that enables the
processing of large datasets across a distributed cluster of computers.
Key Components of MapReduce:
Map Function: Processes input data and produces intermediate key-value pairs.
This is the "mapping" step where data is distributed and processed in parallel.
Reduce Function: Takes the intermediate key-value pairs produced by the map
function, aggregates them, and produces the final output. This is the "reducing"
step, which combines the results of the map step.
How It Works:
Mapping: The input dataset is divided into smaller, manageable chunks, which are
then processed independently by the map tasks in parallel across the distributed
environment.
Shuffling and Sorting: The output from the map tasks is shuffled and sorted based
on the keys to ensure that all values associated with the same key are grouped
together.
Reducing: The reduce tasks take the grouped data and perform the desired
computation, such as aggregation, filtering, or summarization, to produce the final
result.
Hadoop's MapReduce framework is highly scalable and designed to handle very
large datasets, making it ideal for big data applications.