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Big Data: An Introduction with Hive

Hive is a data warehouse system for Hadoop that facilitates easy data summarization, ad-hoc queries, and the analysis of large datasets stored in Hadoop compatible file systems. Hive provides...

2012-12-27

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Big Data And Hadoop Part 2

In my previous blog I have given more insight on Big Data and now we will take a closer look at Hadoop.

Hadoop

Hadoop is a software framework that supports data-intensive...

2012-12-24

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Big Data and Hadoop Part 1

Big Data Definition

As per wiki Big Data usually includes data sets with sizes beyond the ability of commonly-used software tools to capture, curate, manage, and process the data within...

2012-12-14

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Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?

You're tasked with planning capacity for a new SQL Server database workload. Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine how much CPU, memory, and I/O throughput your workload requires?  What single or multiple tools would you use to answer the questions around resource needs?

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