Hadoop – the poster child for Big Data
The perception of handling Big Data especially the unstructured data is being changed by Hadoop. Let’s know how Apache Hadoop software library plays a vital role in handling Big Data. Using simple programming models Apache Hadoop enables surplus data to be streamlined across clusters of computers. Since Hadoop is open source and it can also run on commodity hardware, there is dramatic initial cost savings and it continues to grow as your organizational data grows. Additionally, a robust Apache community behind Hadoop continues to contribute to its advancement. It truly is made to scale up from single servers to a large number of machines, local computation and storage space is offered by each and every nodes. Instead of depending on hardware to provide high-availability, at the application layer the library is built to detect and handle breakdowns.
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| Role break up |
Details |
| Hadoop infrastructure |
Administration and deployment |
| Hadoop cluster maintenance |
Recovery, backup, upgrade |
| Hadoop security |
User permission, data confidentiality, etc |
Increasing market demand
Companies are attracted to adopt this technology due to low cost implementation of Hadoop platform more conveniently. As per a report by Allied Market Research, “The Hadoop market is projected to rise from a $1.5 billion in 2012 to an estimated $16.1 billion by 2020”. It should be noted that the data management industry has expanded from software and web into hospitals, government ,retail, etc. creating a huge demand for scalable and cost effective platforms of data storage like Hadoop.
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Hadoop administrator
A Hadoop administrator is responsible for implementing and ongoing administration of Hadoop infrastructure. This role requires coordination with the system engineering team for proposing and deploying new hardware and software environments required for Hadoop and also to expand existing environments.
This job includes setting up Linux, setting up Kerberos principals and testing HDFS, Hive, Pig and MapReduce access for the new users. Maintaining cluster as well as creation and removal of nodes.
Skills required:
- Implementation and ongoing administration of Hadoop infrastructure.
- Maintaining cluster, creating and removing nodes using tools like Ganglia, Nagios, Dell Open Manage ,Cloudera Manager Enterprise etc.
- Managing and reviewing Hadoop log files.
- File system management.
- Maintenance and support of HDFS
- Hadoop ecosystems configuration like Pig, Hive, HBase, Oozie etc.
- Performance tuning of Hadoop clusters and Hadoop MapReduce routines.
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Why to become hadoop administrator
- Global Hadoop Market to Reach $84.6 Billion by 2021 – Allied Market Research
- Shortage of 1.4 -1.9 million Big Data Hadoop Analysts in US alone by 2018– Mckinsey
- Hadoop Administrator in the US can get a salary of $123,000 – indeed.com
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Become a certified Big Data professional-
Cloudera Certified Hadoop Administrator (CCAH) – This certification is for professionals whose responsibilities includes deploying, configuring, maintaining, and securing Apache Hadoop clusters for production or analysis or some other enterprise uses.
Things you need to know to get CCAH certification.
- HDFS
- Hadoop Cluster Planning
- Hadoop Cluster Installation and Administration
- Resource Management
- Monitoring and Logging
The Intellipaat Hadoop Administration Training Online Certification Course content is entirely in line with CCAH certification program and helps you clear it with ease and get the best jobs in the top MNCs. As part of this training you will be working on real time projects and assignments that have immense implications in the real world industry scenario thus helping you fast track your career effortlessly.