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A Prequel to Data Mesh

Towards Data Science

When I heard the words ‘decentralised data architecture’, I was left utterly confused at first! In my then limited experience as a Data Engineer, I had only come across centralised data architectures and they seemed to be working very well. New data formats emerged — JSON, Avro, Parquet, XML etc.

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Unstructured Data: Examples, Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices

AltexSoft

What is unstructured data? Definition and examples Unstructured data , in its simplest form, refers to any data that does not have a pre-defined structure or organization. It can come in different forms, such as text documents, emails, images, videos, social media posts, sensor data, etc.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Spark Big Data Processing

AltexSoft

Spark SQL brings native support for SQL to Spark and streamlines the process of querying semistructured and structured data. Datasets: RDDs can contain any type of data and can be created from data stored in local filesystems, HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System), databases, or data generated through transformations on existing RDDs.

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Top Hadoop Projects and Spark Projects for Beginners 2021

ProjectPro

Big data has taken over many aspects of our lives and as it continues to grow and expand, big data is creating the need for better and faster data storage and analysis. These Apache Hadoop projects are mostly into migration, integration, scalability, data analytics, and streaming analysis. Data Migration 2.

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How to Become a Data Engineer in 2024?

Knowledge Hut

The job of a data engineer is to develop models using machine learning to scan, label and organize this unstructured data. This process helps convert the unstructured data into structured data, which can easily be collected and interpreted using analytical tools. What is a Business Intelligence Engineer?

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100+ Big Data Interview Questions and Answers 2023

ProjectPro

Typically, data processing is done using frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, Flink, and Pig, to mention a few. How is Hadoop related to Big Data? Explain the difference between Hadoop and RDBMS. Data Variety Hadoop stores structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.

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Hands-On Introduction to Delta Lake with (py)Spark

Towards Data Science

In this context, data management in an organization is a key point for the success of its projects involving data. One of the main aspects of correct data management is the definition of a data architecture. The proposal is simple — “Trow everything you have here inside and worry later”.