Practice - Failure Detection
Practice Questions
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What is task re-execution in MapReduce?
💡 Hint: Think about how MapReduce handles failures.
What does heartbeating monitor in a MapReduce system?
💡 Hint: Related to communication between nodes.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the main function of task re-execution?
💡 Hint: Think about how failures are managed in MapReduce.
True or False: Speculative execution reduces the resource usage in a MapReduce job.
💡 Hint: Consider the process of running tasks simultaneously.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
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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