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Components and Architecture for Scalable and Efficient Data Processing with Hadoop Ecosystem

Davoli Matteo^{* *}Correspondence: Davoli Matteo, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, Email:

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Description

Using a distributed computing architecture, Hadoop is an opensource platform that makes it easier to store and handle huge datasets. A number of parts make up the Hadoop ecosystem, which makes it possible to store and analyze data in a scalable, dependable, and effective manner. This architecture, which provides a solid solution for managing enormous volumes of data that old systems could not effectively process, has completely changed the way corporations handle big data. The architecture of Hadoop is made up of four primary parts.

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)

A distributed file system called HDFS is made to function on standard hardware. It can store very huge files across multiple devices and offers efficient data access. The NameNode, the master, and the DataNodes, the slaves, make up the master-slave structure of HDFS design. While DataNodes oversee storage connected to the nodes they operate on, NameNodes control the file system namespace and client access to files.

MapReduce

MapReduce is a programming model and related implementation that uses a distributed algorithm on a cluster to process huge datasets. The input data is divided into separate pieces by the MapReduce algorithm, and the map positions execute these sections in parallel. The reduction positions receive input from the sorted map outputs by the framework. Usually, HDFS is used to store the task's input and output. The framework manages task scheduling, task monitoring, and task re-execution in case of failure.

YARN (Yet Another Resource Negotiator)

The Hadoop resource management layer is called YARN. Data stored in HDFS can be processed by a variety of data processing engines, including batch, stream, interactive, and real-time processing. Three components make up the architecture of YARN: An ApplicationMaster for each application, a NodeManager for each node, and a central ResourceManager.  The ApplicationMaster negotiates resources from the ResourceManager and collaborates with the NodeManager to carry out and oversee the responsibilities. The ResourceManager oversees the worldwide assignment of computing resources to applications. The NodeManager keeps a check on the utilization of resources on each node.

Hadoop common

These are the standard tools used to support the various Hadoop modules. Libraries and other tools required by other Hadoop modules are included in Hadoop Common. It includes the Java ARchive (JAR) files and scripts needed to launch Hadoop, as well as file system and Operating System (OS) level abstractions.

Beyond the core components, Hadoop's ecosystem includes a variety of tools and technologies designed to enhance the functionality of the Hadoop framework. A data warehouse infrastructure built on top of Hadoop that provides data summarization, query, and analysis. Hive queries data stored in several databases and file systems that integrate with Hadoop through an interface similar to SQL. This platform's programming is abstracted from the Java MapReduce idiom into a more user-friendly form using a language known as Pig Latin. Based on Google Bigtable, a HBase is a scalable, distributed big data storage. It is designed to provide quick random access to vast amounts of structured data and builds on top of HDFS to provide a fault-tolerant way of storing large quantities of sparse data. An efficient way to move large amounts of data between structured datastores like relational databases and Apache Hadoop is with Sqoop. Flume is a dependable, available, and distributed service that makes gathering, combining, and transporting massive volumes of log data easy. Oozie is a solution for scheduling workflows for managing tasks in Apache Hadoop. Oozie is designed to schedule complex workflows of dependent jobs. Hadoop is meant to scale up from a single server to thousands of computers, each supplying local computing and storage. Zookeeper is a centralized service for managing configuration information, naming, synchronization, and group services.

The framework can handle large datasets and scale horizontally by adding more nodes to the cluster. Hadoop's ability to store and process data across multiple commodity servers makes it a cost-effective solution for big data processing. It reduces the need for expensive high-end hardware and is built to work on commonly available systems. Hadoop's design allows for high fault tolerance. Data is replicated across multiple nodes, and in the event of a node failure, the system can automatically redistribute the tasks to other nodes to ensure continuous processing. Hadoop can process a variety of data types, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. This flexibility makes it an ideal platform for handling the diverse nature of big data. By distributing data across a cluster, Hadoop allows for parallel processing, significantly increasing the speed of data processing tasks. The use of MapReduce simplifies the processing of large datasets by dividing tasks into manageable sections. As an open-source project, Hadoop benefits from a large and active community of developers and users who contribute to its continuous improvement and innovation.