Books like Big Data by Nathan Marz

全书分为三大部分： 第一部分，主要讨论有关增强数据密集型应用系统所需的若干基本原则。首先开篇第1章即瞄准目标：可靠性、可扩展性与可维护性，如何认识这些问题以及如何达成目标。第2章我们比较了多种不同的数据模型和查询语言，讨论各自的适用场景。接下来第3章主要针对存储引擎，即数据库是如何安排磁盘结构从而提高检索效率。第4章转向数据编码（序列化）方面，包括常见模式的演化历程。 第二部分，我们将从单机的数据存储转向跨机器的分布式系统，这是扩展性的重要一步，但随之而来的是各种挑战。所以将依次讨论数据远程复制（第5章）、数据分区（第6章）以及事务（第7章）。接下来的第8章包括分布式系统的更多细节，以及分布式环境如何达成一致性与共识（第9章）。 第三部分，主要针对产生派生数据的系统，所谓派生数据主要指在异构系统中，如果无法用一个数据源来解决所有问题，那么一种自然的方式就是集成多个不同的数据库、缓存模块以及索引模块等。首先第10章以批处理开始来处理派生数据，紧接着第11章采用流式处理。第12章总结之前介绍的多种技术，并分析讨论未来构建可靠、可扩展和可维护应用系统可能的新方向或方法。

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*Data Science at the Command Line* demonstrates how the flexibility of the command line can help you become a more efficient and productive data scientist. You’ll learn how to combine small, yet powerful, command-line tools to quickly obtain, scrub, explore, and model your data.

**Revision History** August 2018: First Edition 2018-07-12: First Release

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