Before getting started with Hunk, let's dive into the problem of modern big data analytics and highlight the main drawbacks and challenges. It is important to understand how Hunk works and what goes on under the hood. In addition, we'll compare Splunk and Enterprise in order to understand their differences and what they have in common as powerful and flexible products. Finally, we'll perform a lot of practical exercises through real-world use cases.
In this chapter you will learn:
What big data analytics is
Big data challenges and the disadvantages of modern big data analytics tools
Hunk's history
Hunk's architecture
How to set up Hadoop for Hunk
Real-world use cases