Models for big data

Abstract

The principal performance driver of a Big Data application is the data model in which the Big Data resides. Unfortunately most extant Big Data tools impose a data model upon a problem and thereby cripple their performance in some applications. The aim of this chapter is to discuss some of the principle data models that exist and are imposed; and then to argue that an industrial strength Big Data solution needs to be able to move between these models with a minimum of effort.