This book is written for anyone who needs to know how to analyze data using Hadoop. It is a good book for both Hadoop beginners and those in need of advancing their Hadoop skills. The author has explored every component of Hadoop. Prior to that, the author helps you understand how to setup Hadoop on your Linux platform. The Hadoop HDFS has been explored in detail. You will know how it manages the data files across different nodes in the cluster. The author helps you familiarize yourself with the various commands that you can use to perform various tasks within the Hadoop system. The author also helps you know how to write MapReduce programs in Java programming language and run them on Hadoop. You will know how to accomplish various tasks of data analysis in Hadoop by writing and running MapReduce programs.
