Big Data

Explain what is exactly Big Data

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

As defined by Doug Laney:

  • Volume: Extremely large volumes of data
  • Velocity: Real time, batch, streams of data
  • Variety: Various forms of data, structured, semi-structured and unstructured
  • Veracity or Variability: Inconsistent, sometimes inaccurate, varying data