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Amazon BDS-C00 Exam - Topic 5 Question 70 Discussion

A large grocery distributor receives daily depletion reports from the field in the form of gzip archives of CSV files uploading to Amazon S3. The files range from 500MB to 5GB. These files are processes daily by an EMR job.Recently it has been observed that the file sizes vary, and the EMR jobs take too long. The distributor needs to tune and optimize the data processing workflow with this limited information to improved the performance of the EMR job.Which recommendation should an administrator provide?
A) Reduce the HDFS block size to increase the number of task processors
B) Use bzip2 or Snappy rather than gzip for the archives
C) Decompress the gzip archives and store the data as CSV files
D) Use Avro rather than gzip for the archives

Amazon BDS-C00 Exam - Topic 5 Question 70 Discussion

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Question #: 70
Topic #: 5
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A large grocery distributor receives daily depletion reports from the field in the form of gzip archives of CSV files uploading to Amazon S3. The files range from 500MB to 5GB. These files are processes daily by an EMR job.

Recently it has been observed that the file sizes vary, and the EMR jobs take too long. The distributor needs to tune and optimize the data processing workflow with this limited information to improved the performance of the EMR job.

Which recommendation should an administrator provide?

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by Georgene at Feb 06, 2023, 10:49 AM

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Elfriede
8 months ago
Not sure if decompressing is the best move, seems counterproductive.
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Jerry
9 months ago
Reducing HDFS block size might help with parallel processing.
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Desiree
9 months ago
Wait, can Avro really make that much of a difference?
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Rosendo
9 months ago
Definitely agree with using Snappy for better performance!
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Cordie
9 months ago
I heard bzip2 is faster than gzip for big files.
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Stephanie
9 months ago
Using Avro instead of gzip seems like a solid option, especially for schema evolution, but I need to double-check if it would actually speed things up.
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Wai
9 months ago
Decompressing the files sounds like it could help, but I'm worried about the increased storage requirements.
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Yolando
9 months ago
I think I saw a similar question where reducing block size improved processing speed, but I can't recall the specifics.
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Anna
10 months ago
I remember something about file compression formats affecting performance, but I'm not sure if bzip2 or Snappy would really help here.
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Eva
10 months ago
The repeated IP address at hops 19 and 20 is interesting. I wonder if it could be a firewall or some kind of network device?
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Mona
10 months ago
Okay, I think I've got it. We want to give the security admin the ability to view the VPC details, but we don't want to share any credentials or give them full admin access. Option C or D looks like the way to go.
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Derick
10 months ago
Option D seems like the best choice here. The ability to test at scale and with realistic usage patterns is key for performance testing in the cloud.
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Caren
10 months ago
I feel pretty good about this. The key is understanding that blockchain is not a one-size-fits-all solution. The answer has to be C - these principles are valuable in some use cases but not in others.
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Stevie
10 months ago
I think downloading another update could be a good option, but I'm not sure if it's the right choice here.
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Sabrina
1 year ago
If I were the administrator, I'd be tempted to just throw more hardware at the problem. But I guess that's not a very creative solution, is it? Maybe I should stick to my day job as a standup comedian instead.
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Latricia
1 year ago
Avro is an interesting suggestion, but I wonder if the trade-offs of switching to a different file format would be worth it. It might be worth exploring, but I'd want to see some benchmarks first.
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Alisha
1 year ago
D: Decompressing the gzip files could also be a good idea to optimize the workflow.
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Karma
1 year ago
C: Avro could be worth considering, but we should definitely test it out first.
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Janna
1 year ago
B: Option A might also help speed up the processing time.
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Emelda
1 year ago
A: I think option B could be a good solution to improve performance.
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Lanie
1 year ago
Decompressing the gzip archives and storing the data as CSV files could work, but that might add more overhead to the process. I'd be curious to see if the performance benefits outweigh the extra steps.
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Ruthann
1 year ago
C: Decompress the gzip archives and store the data as CSV files
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Margot
1 year ago
B: Use bzip2 or Snappy rather than gzip for the archives
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Roselle
1 year ago
A: Reduce the HDFS block size to increase the number of task processors
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Goldie
1 year ago
Using bzip2 or Snappy could be a good option to reduce the file sizes and potentially improve the processing time. Gzip is a common compression format, but there might be better alternatives for these large files.
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Arlean
1 year ago
A) Reduce the HDFS block size to increase the number of task processors
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Blossom
1 year ago
C) Decompress the gzip archives and store the data as CSV files
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Sylvia
1 year ago
B) Use bzip2 or Snappy rather than gzip for the archives
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Alaine
1 year ago
Reducing the HDFS block size to increase the number of task processors seems like a logical solution, but I'm not sure if that's the best approach here. The file sizes are quite large, so the overhead of managing more tasks might outweigh the benefits.
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Cordelia
1 year ago
B: C) Decompress the gzip archives and store the data as CSV files
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Laurene
1 year ago
A: B) Use bzip2 or Snappy rather than gzip for the archives
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Albina
1 year ago
I think decompressing the gzip archives and storing the data as CSV files would be the best option.
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Anjelica
1 year ago
I disagree, I believe we should use bzip2 or Snappy instead of gzip for the archives.
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Edwin
1 year ago
I think we should reduce the HDFS block size to increase task processors.
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