When Mahout
We have discussed the advantages of using Mahout, let's now discuss the scenarios where using Mahout is a good choice.
Data too large for single machine
If the data is too large to process on a single machine then it would be a good starting point to think about a distributed system. Rather than scaling and buying bigger hardware, it could be a better option to scale out, buy more machines, and distribute the processing.
Data already on Hadoop
A lot of enterprises have adopted Hadoop as their Big Data platform and have used it to store and aggregate data. Mahout has been designed to run algorithms on top of Hadoop and has a relatively straightforward configuration.
If your data or the bulk of it is already on Hadoop, then Mahout is a natural ...
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