From the course: Twelve Myths About Data Science

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Big data is cheap

Big data is cheap

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Big data is cheap

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- [Narrator] Now let's think about cost of big data and the myth that big data is, for some reason, cheap. If we look at the deployment models and we think about how we can actually deploy Hadoop system and Hadoop is, again, just one of the most popular big data platforms. And that's why I'm using it here. It's the oldest and we have the most data about it. The on premise installation option is one where you actually physically, stand this up in your data-center. If you're doing it right and you want the system to be reliable, in case of a failure of your data center, maybe there was an earthquake or flood or something like that, you're going to want to replicate that data into multiple data centers. So at the minimum, you're talking a number of servers in your cluster, maybe 12 or more. Really just to get the base level. And each server, let's say it costs $40,000, which is a fair price for a server, then you're already looking at 200 grand before licensing fees, implementation…

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