
Apache Spark – what is it?
Are you in need of a data processing framework for your business? Apache Spark may be just the right one for you. It is an open-source, powerful tool that enables users to perform various tasks on large data sets (big data) and distribute those tasks among many computing tools. This framework consists of two main components: Driver - This component converts code created by a user into different tasks so they can be distributed across worker nodes.
Executors - They run on nodes and execute tasks that have been assigned to those nodes. As mentioned, it can be used to perform multiple tasks, like running distributed SQL, ingesting data into a database, creating data pipelines, working with data streams or running ML algorithms - those are just a few examples of the processes t...




















