Big Data Tools: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond

Big Data Tools: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond Big data tools help teams turn raw logs, clicks, and sensor data into usable insights. Two classic pillars exist: distributed storage and scalable compute. Hadoop started this story, with HDFS for long‑term storage and MapReduce for batch processing. It is reliable for large, persistent data lakes and on‑prem deployments. Spark arrived later and changed speed. It runs in memory, speeds up iterative analytics, and provides libraries for SQL (Spark SQL), machine learning (MLlib), graphs (GraphX), and streaming (Spark Streaming). ...

September 22, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words