Practice - Resilient (Fault-Tolerant)
Practice Questions
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What is fault tolerance in the context of data processing systems?
💡 Hint: Think about why continuity is essential in operations.
Name one mechanism used in MapReduce to ensure fault tolerance.
💡 Hint: Which method reschedules tasks when they fail?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary mechanism for fault tolerance in MapReduce?
💡 Hint: Which method allows a failed task to continue processing elsewhere?
True or False: RDDs allow lossless recovery of data without requiring data duplication.
💡 Hint: What feature of RDDs supports this recovery?
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Challenge Problems
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Design a fault-tolerant data pipeline using MapReduce. Discuss the components and mechanisms you'd employ.
💡 Hint: Think about each component's role in keeping the pipeline running smoothly.
Critically analyze the differences in fault tolerance strategies between Spark and MapReduce. Provide examples for clarity.
💡 Hint: Consider how each framework responds to task failures.
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Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.
- Apache Spark: A Unified Engine for Big Data Processing
- Understanding MapReduce: A Simplified Introduction
- Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems
- Spark RDD Tutorial
- Introduction to Apache Kafka
- Vectorized Execution: An Important Spark Optimization
- Fault Tolerance: The Key to Resilient Systems
- Real-time Data Processing with Apache Spark