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Hadoop is an open-source framework for distributed storage and processing of large datasets across computer clusters, designed to scale from a single machine to thousands. It consists of four main modules: HDFS for data storage, YARN for resource management, MapReduce for data processing, and Hadoop Common for shared utilities. Hadoop is crucial for analytics as it can handle vast amounts of data, is scalable and fault-tolerant, making it suitable for applications like CRM, fraud detection, risk management, and machine learning.

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Hadoop is an open-source framework for distributed storage and processing of large datasets across computer clusters, designed to scale from a single machine to thousands. It consists of four main modules: HDFS for data storage, YARN for resource management, MapReduce for data processing, and Hadoop Common for shared utilities. Hadoop is crucial for analytics as it can handle vast amounts of data, is scalable and fault-tolerant, making it suitable for applications like CRM, fraud detection, risk management, and machine learning.

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Hadoop is an open-source framework that allows for the distributed storage

and processing of large datasets across clusters of computers using simple


programming models. It is designed to scale from a single computer to
thousands of clustered computers, each offering local computation and
storage. In this way, Hadoop can efficiently store and process large datasets
ranging in size from gigabytes to petabytes of data (What Is Hadoop and
What Is It Used for? | Google Cloud, n.d.).

How Hadoop Functions

Hadoop works by breaking large datasets into smaller chunks and


distributing them across the nodes in a cluster. Each node then processes its
chunk of data in parallel, and the results are combined to produce the final
output. This parallel processing approach makes Hadoop very efficient for
processing large datasets (What Is Hadoop and What Is It Used for? | Google
Cloud, n.d.).

Hadoop consists of four main modules:

1. Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS): This module stores data.


It splits the data into blocks and stores them across the nodes in the
cluster (Zhasa, 2024).

2. Yet Another Resource Negotiator (YARN): This module is


responsible for managing the resources in the cluster. It allocates
resources to the different applications that are running on the cluster
(Zhasa, 2024).

3. MapReduce: This module is responsible for processing the data. It


divides the processing into two stages: the map stage and the reduce
stage. The map stage processes the data in parallel, and the reduce
stage combines the results (Zhasa, 2024).

4. Hadoop Common: This module provides common libraries and


utilities that are used by the other Hadoop modules (Zhasa, 2024).

Importance of Hadoop as an Analytics Technology

Hadoop is an important analytics technology because it can store and


process large datasets that are too big for traditional databases. It is also
very scalable, so it can handle the ever-increasing amounts of data that are
being generated today. Additionally, Hadoop is fault-tolerant, so it can
continue to operate even if some of the nodes in the cluster fail (Ashwin,
2024).
Hadoop is used by many organizations to analyze large datasets for a variety
of purposes, such as:

 Customer relationship management (CRM): Hadoop can be used


to store and analyze customer data to improve marketing and sales
efforts (Hadoop: What It Is and Why It Matters, n.d.).

 Fraud detection: Hadoop can be used to identify fraudulent activity


by analyzing large datasets of financial transactions (What Is Hadoop
and What Is It Used for? | Google Cloud, n.d.).

 Risk management: Hadoop can be used to assess and manage risk


by analyzing large datasets of financial and operational data.

 Machine learning: Hadoop can be used to train machine learning


models on large datasets.

In conclusion, Hadoop is a powerful analytics technology that can be used to


store and process large datasets. It is scalable, fault-tolerant, and can be
used for a variety of purposes. As the amount of data that is being generated
continues to grow, Hadoop will become even more important as an analytics
technology.

References:

What is Hadoop and What is it Used For? | Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google
Cloud. https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-hadoop

Zhasa, M. (2024, August 13). What is hadoop? Components of hadoop and


how does it work. Simplilearn.com.
https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/hadoop-tutorial/what-is-Hadoop

Ashwin. (2024, May 15). Introduction to Apache Hadoop for Big Data |
Medium. Medium. https://medium.com/@ashwin_kumar_/introduction-to-
apache-hadoop-for-big-data-30c85460580f

Hadoop: What it is and why it matters. (n.d.). SAS.


https://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/big-data/hadoop.html

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