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Hadoop is a software platform that lets one easily write and run applications that process vast amounts of data.rnrnHere's what makes Hadoop esp   read more


The Google File System is a scalable distributed file system for large distributed data-intensive applications. It provides fault tolerance while run   read more


Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size: petabytes of data across thousa   read more


Google's Bigtable, a distributed storage system for structured data, is a very effective mechanism for storing very large amounts of data in a distri   read more


A Penn State researcher has developed a faster method for more efficient sharing of widely distributed Internet resources such as Web services, databases and high performance computers.rnrnThe re   read more


In a blog post, Microsoft’s Dare Obasanjo shared his notes from the keynote session MapReduce, BigTable, and Other Distributed System Abstractions for Handling Large Datasets by Jeff Dean.rnrnThe   read more


We describe our experiences with the Chubby lock service, which is intended to provide coarse-grained locking as well as reliable (though low-volume) storage for a loosely-coupled distributed system.   read more


Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, explained clearly why the Cloud is used to build highly-efficient systems.

"By using infrastructure as a service, basic IT costs are moved from a capital expense   read more