Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce)
Amazon EMR is a managed cluster platform that simplifies running big data frameworks, such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, on AWS to process and analyze vast amounts of data.
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Learning Material
- 01_EMR_vs_AWS_Glue.md: Conceptual differences, architectural layout, operational comparison, and key decision criteria.
- 02_Node_Types_and_Architecture.md: Master node, core node, task node architecture along with fleet configuration options.
- 03_Creating_EMR_and_PaaS_API.md: Create EMR using AWS Web Console, AWS CLI, and programmatically via Python Boto3 SDK APIs.
- 04_Bootstrap_EMRFS_and_Serverless.md: Deep dive on custom boot steps, utilizing object stores (EMRFS), and using modern Serverless options.
- 05_PySpark_Job_Examples.md: Production PySpark template executing reads/writes from/to S3 bucket stores and using submission scripts.
- 06_Airflow_Orchestration.md: Full pipeline orchestration patterns utilizing Apache Airflow DAG layouts.
- 07_Interview_Q_and_A.md: Standard real-world production interview scenarios and optimized answer explanations.