Summary

In this chapter, we have learned about big data, its characteristics, the six Vs of big data, and the different aspects of big data. We have also discussed clustered computing and how to approach it for big data solutions. We also compared big data infrastructure on site versus the on-cloud setup. At the end, we briefly described some commonly used terms that you maybe already have encountered and will encounter, whenever you deal with big data. In the next chapter, we will go through the step-by-step setup of creating our own Hadoop environment, from a single node server to a clustered environment.