Tag: Distributed Systems
All the articles with the tag "Distributed Systems".
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HDFS vs. Object Storage: The Battle for Distributed Storage
Distributed storage has always been the foundation of Big Data. In the early days, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) was the de facto standard. Today, however, object storage systems like Amazon
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How Hadoop Made Specialized Storage Hardware Obsolete
In the early 2000s, enterprise data processing was dominated by high-end hardware. Organizations relied heavily on centralized storage systems such as SAN (Storage Area Networks) and NAS (Network
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How Google Changed Big Data: The Story of GFS, MapReduce, and Bigtable
In the early 2000s, Google faced a unique challenge: how to store, process, and query massive amounts of data across thousands of unreliable machines. The traditional systems of the time—designed for
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How Network Topology Shapes Distributed Computing and Big Data Systems
When discussing distributed systems and Big Data, people often focus on storage, processing frameworks, and scalability—but one foundational concept underlies it all: network topology . It’s the
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What Is Sharding and Why It Matters
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the amount of data we create every day is staggering. Think about all the emails, messages, orders, and photos uploaded every second. How do big companies
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How Dynamo Reshaped the Internal Architecture of Amazon S3
Introduction Amazon S3 launched in 2006 as a scalable, durable object storage system. It avoided hierarchical file systems and used flat key-based addressing from day one. However, early versions of
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Understanding the Relationship Between Database Replication and the CAP Theorem
Introduction Database replication is a fundamental strategy in distributed systems that ensures data is duplicated across multiple nodes. However, when designing a replicated database, one must
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Understanding the CAP Theorem in NoSQL Databases
The CAP theorem (Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance) plays a crucial role in designing and selecting NoSQL databases. This theorem states that in a distributed system, it is impossible