About this course: This course is for novice programmers or business people who would like to understand the core tools used to wrangle and analyze big data. With no prior experience, you will have the opportunity to walk through hands-on examples with Hadoop and Spark frameworks, two of the most common in the industry. You will be comfortable explaining the specific components and basic processes of the Hadoop architecture, software stack, and execution environment. In the assignments you will be guided in how data scientists apply the important concepts and techniques such as Map-Reduce that are used to solve fundamental problems in big data. You'll feel empowered to have conversations about big data and the data analysis process.
Created by: University of California, San Diego
Taught by: Natasha Balac, Director, Predictive Analytics Center of Excellence (PACE)
San Diego Supercomputer Center
Taught by: Paul Rodriguez, Research Programmer
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
Taught by: Andrea Zonca, HPC Applications Specialist
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
| Commitment | 5 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Hadoop Basics
Welcome to the first module of the Big Data Platform course. This first module will provide insight into Big Data Hype, its technologies opportunities and challenges. We will take a deeper look into the Hadoop stack and tool and technologies associated with Big Data solutions.
7 videos, 4 readings
- Video: Hadoop Stack Basics
- Video: The Apache Framework: Basic Modules
- Video: Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
- Video: The Hadoop "Zoo"
- Video: Hadoop Ecosystem Major Components
- Reading: Apache Hadoop Ecosystem
- Reading: Lesson 1 Slides (PDF)
- Reading: Hardware & Software Requirements
- Video: Exploring the Cloudera VM: Hands-On Part 1
- Video: Exploring the Cloudera VM: Hands-On Part 2
- Reading: Lesson 2 Slides - Cloudera VM Tour
Graded: Basic Hadoop Stack
WEEK 2
Introduction to the Hadoop Stack
In this module we will take a detailed look at the Hadoop stack ranging from the basic HDFS components, to application execution frameworks, and languages, services.
10 videos, 6 readings
- Video: Overview of the Hadoop Stack
- Video: The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and HDFS2
- Video: MapReduce Framework and YARN
- Reading: Hadoop Basics - Lesson 1 Slides
- Video: The Hadoop Execution Environment
- Video: YARN, Tez, and Spark
- Video: Hadoop Resource Scheduling
- Reading: Lesson 2: Hadoop Execution Environment - Slides
- Video: Hadoop-Based Applications
- Video: Introduction to Apache Pig
- Video: Introduction to Apache HIVE
- Video: Introduction to Apache HBASE
- Reading: Lesson 3: Hadoop-Based Applications Overview - All Slides
- Reading: Command list for Applications Slides
- Reading: Tips to handle service connection errors
- Reading: References for Applications
Graded: Overview of Hadoop Stack
Graded: Hadoop Execution Environment
Graded: Hadoop Applications
WEEK 3
Introduction to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
In this module we will take a detailed look at the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). We will cover the main design goals of HDFS, understand the read/write process to HDFS, the main configuration parameters that can be tuned to control HDFS performance and robustness, and get an overview of the different ways you can access data on HDFS.
9 videos, 5 readings
- Video: Overview of HDFS Architecture
- Video: The HDFS Performance Envelope
- Video: Read/Write Processes in HDFS
- Reading: Lesson 1: Introduction to HDFS - Slides
- Reading: HDFS references
- Video: HDFS Tuning Parameters
- Video: HDFS Performance and Robustness
- Reading: Lesson 2: HDFS Performance and Tuning - Slides
- Video: Overview of HDFS Access, APIs, and Applications
- Video: HDFS Commands
- Video: Native Java API for HDFS
- Video: REST API for HDFS
- Reading: HDFS Access, APIs
- Reading: Lesson 3: HDFS Access, APIs, Applications - Slides
Graded: HDFS Architecture
Graded: HDFS performance,tuning, and robustness
Graded: Accessing HDFS
WEEK 4
Introduction to Map/Reduce
This module will introduce Map/Reduce concepts and practice. You will learn about the big idea of Map/Reduce and you will learn how to design, implement, and execute tasks in the map/reduce framework. You will also learn the trade-offs in map/reduce and how that motivates other tools.
9 videos, 3 readings
- Video: Introduction to Map/Reduce
- Video: The Map/Reduce Framework
- Video: A MapReduce Example: Wordcount in detail
- Reading: Lesson 1: Introduction to MapReduce - Slides
- Reading: A note on debugging map/reduce programs.
- Video: MapReduce: Intro to Examples and Principles
- Video: MapReduce Example: Trending Wordcount
- Video: MapReduce Example: Joining Data
- Video: MapReduce Example: Vector Multiplication
- Video: Computational Costs of Vector Multiplication
- Video: MapReduce Summary
- Reading: Lesson 2: MapReduce Examples and Principles - Slides
Graded: Running Wordcount with Hadoop streaming, using Python code
Graded: Lesson 1 Review
Graded: Joining Data
WEEK 5
Spark
Welcome to module 5, Introduction to Spark, this week we will focus on the Apache Spark cluster computing framework, an important contender of Hadoop MapReduce in the Big Data Arena.
Spark provides great performance advantages over Hadoop MapReduce,especially for iterative algorithms, thanks to in-memory caching. Also, gives Data Scientists an easier way to write their analysis pipeline in Python and Scala,even providing interactive shells to play live with data.
10 videos, 4 readings
- Video: Introduction to Apache Spark
- Video: Architecture of Spark
- Reading: Setup PySpark on the Cloudera VM
- Reading: Lesson 1: Intro to Apache Spark - Slides
- Video: Resilient Distributed Datasets
- Video: Spark Transformations
- Video: Wide Transformations
- Reading: Lesson 2: RDD and Transformations - Slides
- Video: Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) Scheduler
- Video: Actions in Spark
- Video: Memory Caching in Spark
- Video: Broadcast Variables
- Video: Accumulators
- Reading: Lesson 3: Scheduling, Actions, Caching - Slides
Graded: Spark Lesson 1
Graded: Spark Lesson 2
Graded: Simple Join in Spark
Graded: Spark Lesson 3
Graded: Advanced Join in Spark
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