# Big Data

## Prerequisites

- Basics of Linux File systems.
- Basic understanding of System Design.

## What to expect from this course

This course covers the basics of Big Data and how it has evolved to become what it is today. We will take a look at a few realistic scenarios where Big Data would be a perfect fit. An interesting assignment on designing a Big Data system is followed by understanding the architecture of Hadoop and the tooling around it. 

## What is not covered under this course

Writing programs to draw analytics from data.

## Course Content

### Table of Contents

1. [Overview of Big Data](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/overview/)
2. [Usage of Big Data techniques](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/overview/)
3. [Evolution of Hadoop](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/evolution/)
4. [Architecture of hadoop](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/architecture/)
    1. HDFS
    2. Yarn
5. [MapReduce framework](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/architecture/#mapreduce-framework)
6. [Other tooling around hadoop](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/architecture/#other-tooling-around-hadoop)
    1. Hive
    2. Pig
    3. Spark
    4. Presto
7. [Data Serialisation and storage](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/big_data/architecture/#data-serialisation-and-storage)