Fig. 1.2.10 Two different infrastructures.

Without much effort, it is seen that the infrastructures surrounding big data and
structured data are quite different. The infrastructure surrounding big data is quite simple
and streamlined. The infrastructure surrounding structured DBMS data is elaborate and
anything but streamlined.

There is then no argument as to the fact that there are significant differences between the
infrastructure of repetitive structured data and repetitive big data.

What's Being Optimized?

When looking at the two infrastructures, it is natural to ask—what is being optimized by
the different infrastructures. In the case of big data, the optimization of the infrastructure

Chapter 1.2: The Data Infrastructure