Traditional relational databases were ruling the roost until datasets were being reckoned in megabytes and gigabytes. However, as organizations around the world kept growing, a tsunami called “Big Data” rendered the old technologies unfeasible. When it came to data storage and retrieval, these technologies simply crumbled under the burden of such colossal amounts of data. Thanks to Hadoop, Hive and Hbase, these popular technologies now have the capability of handling large sets of raw unstructured data, efficiently, as well as economically. Image Credit : http://www.compassitesinc.com Another aftermath of the above problems was the parallel advent of “Not Only SQL” or NoSQL databases. The primary advantage of the NoSQL databases is their mechanism that facilitates the storage and retrieval of data in the loser consistency model along with added benefits like horizontal scaling, better availability and quicker access. With its implementation in over five hundred top notch