Apache Spark is a fast and general engine for big data processing. Matei Zaharia created Spark, and is the co-founder of Databricks, a company using Spark to power data science. Questions: What was the motivation behind creating Spark? How much faster is a Spark job than a Hadoop job? What is the relationship between streaming and batch processing? Is Spark’s core advantage over Storm and Samza its usability? How usefulContinue reading...