Practice - Scheduling in MapReduce: Orchestrating Parallel Execution
Practice Questions
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What was the primary function of the JobTracker in Hadoop 1.x?
💡 Hint: Think about the dual role it played.
What does YARN stand for?
💡 Hint: It's an acronym that reflects its purpose.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the main role of YARN?
💡 Hint: Focus on how YARN changes the landscape of Hadoop architecture.
True or False: The JobTracker in Hadoop 1.x is designed to allow multiple jobs to run simultaneously without limitations.
💡 Hint: Consider the scalability issues with JobTracker.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a scenario where multiple Map tasks are dropping packets due to excessive network load. How would you restructure the task scheduling to avoid these problems?
💡 Hint: Think about reducing travel distance for data.
Design a fault tolerance framework for a fictional MapReduce operation that fails to handle task interruptions effectively. What modifications would you suggest?
💡 Hint: Focus on ensuring reliability and data integrity.
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Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.
- MapReduce Overview
- Hadoop YARN: A Resource Management Layer
- Understanding Hadoop Speculative Execution
- Fault Tolerance in MapReduce
- Hadoop Fault Tolerance Mechanisms
- Introduction to Apache YARN
- Data Locality in Hadoop
- YARN: Next Generation Data Processing
- MapReduce Job Scheduling
- The Importance of Data Locality in Hadoop