Big Data

Question 1

What are the three D to D’s of big data

Answer 1

❑ Data-to-Decisions
❑ Data-to-Discovery
❑ Data-to-Dollars

Question 2

What are the 5 V’s of big data?

Answer 2

Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value, and Veracity.

Bonus:
7 V’s would include Visualization and Variability.

Question 3

what is a cluster?

Answer 3

The connections of 2 or more computers to create a more seamless computer via a LAN connection (ethernet)

Reasons for creating a cluster connection include: 
high availability, 
load balancing, 
parallel processing, 
systems management and 
scalability.

Question 4

What is the cloud?

Answer 4

A suite of remote cluster server services available through the internet.

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. You typically pay only for cloud services you use, helping you lower your operating costs, run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale as your business needs change.