Series
from-big-data-to-the-cloud
2 parts, in order.
- 01
Nov 1, 2026
From Big Data to the Cloud, Part 2.1 — Inside Hadoop: HDFS and MapReduce
How Hadoop stores and processes data on a cluster: HDFS splits files into replicated blocks and survives failing machines, and MapReduce moves the code to the data — worked by hand on two examples.
- 02
Oct 23, 2026
From Big Data to the Cloud, Part 1 — Why One Machine Is Never Enough
What big data really is, the five V's that describe it, why a single powerful server breaks, and why a cluster of ordinary machines — and Hadoop — is the answer that falls out.