Programming Elastic MapReduce: Using AWS services to build an end-to-end application

Amazon now brings the power of Hadoop to the cloud and this book helps you take advantage of it. Youll learn how to move your data to the cloud and analyze datasets utilizing a combination of Amazon EC2, S3, and JobFlows in Amazon EMR. Unlock the power of processing large volumes of data and only pay for what you use with Amazon MapReduce services. Programming Elastic MapReduce gets you started.

• Store large datasets into Amazon Simple Storage Services (S3)
• Run Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Elastic MapReduce (EMR) Jobs to analyze large data sets
• Discover common pitfalls and advanced features for writing real-world MapReduce programs using Pig
• Examine case studies and common uses
• Learn to analyze the cost and plan your projects