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by yid 3563 days ago
> you'll still possibly reap massive perf gains over Hadoop in certain contexts.

Certainly, and unfortunately, the exact point at which Hadoop becomes the better option over big iron is generally an ongoing debate and shifting target. But there's no doubt that such a point actually exists.
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qwertyuiop924 3562 days ago
...I'm not sure if it does. Bain's Law still stands.

But if it does, then it's a pretty big chunk of data, and a very fast network.

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yid 3562 days ago
Couldn't find anything for Bain's Law, do you have a reference I could follow?
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jonathanhefner 3557 days ago
I believe it's a reference to this old (but insightful) comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8902739

As such, it is actually "Bane's Rule" which states, "you don't understand a distributed computing problem until you can get it to fit on a single machine first."

(Thanks to nekopa, who also referenced it further down in this thread.)

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