Instead of relying on one uber-powerful machine, individual nodes are leveraged together (often by commodity software) to contribute to the computation process.
What is uber-powerful machine? Please help to share some references or explanation.
Course: https://www.educative.io/courses/mastering-big-data-apache-spark-java-api
Lesson: https://www.educative.io/courses/mastering-big-data-apache-spark-java-api/3wZNZVzrAXO
Hi @Doland_Duck !!
In the lesson, the term “uber-powerful machine” refers to a single highly capable or extremely powerful computing device. It refers to a single machine that possesses significant computational resources, such as high processing power, large memory capacity, and advanced hardware components. The term “uber” is used here to emphasize the exceptional or extraordinary nature of the machine in terms of its capabilities and performance.
The statement contrasts the use of an “uber-powerful machine” with the approach of leveraging individual nodes or machines connected in a cluster. Instead of relying on one highly capable machine, the distributed processing model utilizes multiple interconnected nodes, often using commodity software, to collectively contribute to the computation process. This distributed approach provides scalability, fault tolerance, and cost-effectiveness by utilizing the combined resources of multiple individual nodes rather than relying solely on one extremely powerful machine.
Note that the term “uber-powerful machine” is used metaphorically to describe a highly capable computing device and does not refer to any specific hardware architecture or model.
I hope it helps. Happy Learning 