This chapter deals with exploring various database management system (DBMS) and non-DBMS-based approaches to big data. It also focuses on the benefits of using a DBMS over the traditional filesystem, differences between parallel and distributed filesystems, and the MapReduce-style DBMS. In this chapter, we will be learning about the following topics:

• Various benefits of using a DBMS over the traditional filesystem
• Differences between a parallel and distributed filesystem
• MapReduce-style DBMS