4.11 Big Data.

Question 1

Define Big Data.

Answer 1

Catch all term for data that won’t fit in the usual containers.

Question 2

What are the “three v’s”?

Answer 2

Volume.
Velocity.
Variety.

Question 3

Define volume.

Answer 3

Too much data for it all to fit into a conventional hard drive or even a server - relational databases don’t scale well over multiple machines.

Question 4

Define velocity.

Answer 4

Data in the servers are created and modified rapidly. Servers must respond to frequently changing data within a matter of milliseconds.