Lambda Introduction

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In this lesson for the Big Data Specialty Certification, we learn how to identify the appropriate data processing technologies needed for big data scenarios. We explore how to design and architect a data processing solution, and explore and define the operational characteristics of big data processing. 

Learning objectives

• Recognize and explain how to identify the appropriate data processing technologies needed for big data scenarios.
• Recognize and explain how to design and architect a data processing solution.

Intended audience

This lesson is intended for students wanting to extend their knowledge of the data processing options available in AWS.

Prerequisites

While there are no formal prerequisites for this lesson, students will benefit from having a basic understanding of cloud computing services. If you would like to gain a solid foundation in compute fundamentals, then check out our Compute Fundamentals For AWS lesson.

This Lesson Includes

75 minutes of high-definition video.

What You'll Learn

• Lesson Intro: What to expect from this lesson
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce Overview: In this lesson, we discuss how EMR allows you to store and process data
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce Architecture: In this lesson, you’ll learn about EMR’s clustered architecture.
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce in Detail: In this lesson, we’ll dig deeper into EMR storage options, resource management, and processing options.
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce Reference Architecture: Best practices for using EMR.
• Amazon Lambda Introduction: This lesson will kick off our discussion of Lambda and how it’s used in Big Data scenarios.
• Amazon Lambda Overview: This lesson discusses how Lambda allows you to run code for virtually any type of application or backend service with no administration.
• AWS Lambda Architecture: In this lesson, we’ll discuss generic Lambda architecture and Amazon’s serverless service.
• AWS Lambda in Detail: In this lesson, we’ll dig into Events and Service Limits.
• AWS Lambda Reference Architecture: In this lesson, we'll look at a real-life scenario of how lambda can be used.