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Hands-On Big Data Modeling

By : James Lee, Tao Wei, Suresh Kumar Mukhiya
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Hands-On Big Data Modeling

By: James Lee, Tao Wei, Suresh Kumar Mukhiya

Overview of this book

Modeling and managing data is a central focus of all big data projects. In fact, a database is considered to be effective only if you have a logical and sophisticated data model. This book will help you develop practical skills in modeling your own big data projects and improve the performance of analytical queries for your specific business requirements. To start with, you’ll get a quick introduction to big data and understand the different data modeling and data management platforms for big data. Then you’ll work with structured and semi-structured data with the help of real-life examples. Once you’ve got to grips with the basics, you’ll use the SQL Developer Data Modeler to create your own data models containing different file types such as CSV, XML, and JSON. You’ll also learn to create graph data models and explore data modeling with streaming data using real-world datasets. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to design and develop efficient data models for varying data sizes easily and efficiently.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Characteristics of BDMS

Assuming an ideal BDMS exit, it would have the following characteristics:

  • A flexible, semi-structured data model: An ideal BDMS should permit a semi-structured data model that supports various formats and data types, including textual, temporal, and spatial data values.
  • A full query language: An ideal BDMS would provide a query language—something such as SQL, which is the standard query language for a modern relational system.
  • Parallel query runtime: BDMS would have an efficient parallel query runtime, and supports a wide range of query sizes.
  • Full data-management capability: BDMS should be easier to install, restart, and configure, provide high availability, and make operational management.

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