This book is the basic guide for developers, architects, engineers, and anyone who wants to start leveraging the open-source software Hadoop and Hive to build distributed, scalable concurrent big data applications. Hive will be used for reading, writing, and managing the large, data set files. The book is a concise guide on getting started with an overall understanding on Apache Hadoop and Hive and how they work together to speed up development with minimal effort. It will refer to simple concepts and examples, as they are likely to be the best teaching aids. It will explain the logic, code, and configurations needed to build a successful, distributed, concurrent application, as well as the reason behind those decisions. FEATURES: Shows how to leverage the open-source software Hadoop and Hive to build distributed, scalable, concurrent big data applications. Includes material on Hive architecture with various storage types and the Hive query language. Features a chapter on big data and how Hadoop can be used to solve the changes around it. Explains the basic Hadoop setup, configuration, and optimization.
