Optimizing Apache Pig: Techniques for Scalable, High-Throughput Data Processing

By: Jones, William D.

Optimizing Apache Pig: Techniques for Scalable, High-Throughput Data Processing is a practical, hands-on guide for building fast, reliable data pipelines with Apache Pig. The book opens with a clear account of Pig's evolution and architectural foundations, then situates Pig within modern distributed ecosystems by comparing strengths and trade-offs against MapReduce, Hive, and Spark. Readers get pragmatic recommendations for deploying production-grade environments that emphasize scalability, multi-tenancy, and operational resilience.

At its technical core the book balances fundamental data modeling with advanced Pig Latin patterns and resource-aware optimizations. Chapters cover schema evolution, advanced joins and aggregation strategies, modular scripting, and deep-dive performance tuning-including execution planning, memory management, and cluster-level resource optimization. You'll also find comprehensive guidance on extending Pig with custom UDFs, integrating diverse external data sources, and orchestrating workflows across Oozie, Airflow, and cloud-native platforms.

Beyond code and configuration, the book addresses enterprise concerns-security, compliance, data governance, auditing, and lifecycle management-so pipelines remain robust and auditable in production. It concludes with actionable frameworks for migration and modernization, hybrid architectures, and future-facing topics such as AI integration and the evolving open-source landscape, illustrated with real-world, at-scale use cases. Intended for engineers, architects, and data professionals, this book is both a practical reference and a strategic roadmap for leveraging Pig to achieve high-throughput, scalable data processing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798241746221
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"