This report focuses on how to tune a Spark application to run on a cluster of instances. We define the concepts for the cluster/Spark parameters, and explain how to configure them given a specific set ...

At the heart of Apache Spark is the concept of the Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD), a programming abstraction that represents an immutable collection of objects that can be split across a ...

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Mukul Garg is the Head of Support Engineering at PubNub, which powers apps for virtual work, play, learning and health. In my journey through data engineering, one of the most remarkable shifts I’ve ...