Practice Failure Detection (3.4.2.5) - Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka
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Question 1 Easy

What is task re-execution in MapReduce?

💡 Hint: Think about how MapReduce handles failures.

Question 2 Easy

What does heartbeating monitor in a MapReduce system?

💡 Hint: Related to communication between nodes.

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Question 1

What is the main function of task re-execution?

To rerun failed tasks
To cancel tasks
To speed up processing

💡 Hint: Think about how failures are managed in MapReduce.

Question 2

True or False: Speculative execution reduces the resource usage in a MapReduce job.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the process of running tasks simultaneously.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a situation in which multiple Map tasks fail at the same time. Discuss how the fault tolerance mechanisms in MapReduce would respond.

💡 Hint: Think about how multiple failures can impact a cluster and what the system can do.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the advantages and pitfalls of using speculative execution in highly variable workload environments.

💡 Hint: Consider scenarios where resources are limited vs. abundant.

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