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Try answering these review questions:
1. What are the key benefits of a distributed data system? How does it differ from a modular, centralised system?
2. Why did Hadoop become so widely accepted? What are its benefits over traditional storage and processing platforms?
3. Explain how an organisation like Facebook might use Hadoop in its Big Data processing and management.
4. Why is the Map/Shuffle/Reduce process of MapReduce so efficient? Why would this benefit businesses in terms of data outcomes?
5. Describe two different tools in the Hadoop ecosystem, and why are they have might have benefits to two different industries.