书名:Hadoop权威指南(第二版,影印版)
国内出版社:东南大学出版社
出版时间:2011年06月
页数:600
书号:978-7-5641-2676-6
原版书书名:Hadoop: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
原版书出版商:O'Reilly Media
Tom White
自从 2007 年 2 月以来,Tom White 一直担任 Apache Hadoop 项目负责人。他是 Apache 软件基金会的成员之一。他就职于 Cloudera,该公司提供 Hadoop 产品、服 务、支持和培训服务。在此之前,Tom 是一名独立的 Hadoop 顾问,曾帮助很多公 司搭建、使用和扩展 Hadoop 应用。他曾为 O’Reilly.com,Java.net 和 IBM 的 developerWorks 写过大量文章,并定期在行业大会上发表 Hadoop 主题演讲。Tom 拥有英国剑桥大学数学学士学位和利兹大学科学哲学硕士学位。现在,他和他的家 人居住在旧金山。
The animal on the cover of Hadoop: The Definitive Guide is an African elephant. These
members of the genus Loxodonta are the largest land animals on earth (slightly larger
than their cousin, the Asian elephant) and can be identified by their ears, which have
been said to look somewhat like the continent of Asia. Males stand 12 feet tall at the
shoulder and weigh 12,000 pounds, but they can get as big as 15,000 pounds, whereas
females stand 10 feet tall and weigh 8,000–11,000 pounds. Even young elephants are
very large: at birth, they already weigh approximately 200 pounds and stand about 3
feet tall.
African elephants live throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the continent’s elephants
live on savannas and in dry woodlands. In some regions, they can be found in
desert areas; in others, they are found in mountains.
The species plays an important role in the forest and savanna ecosystems in which they
live. Many plant species are dependent on passing through an elephant’s digestive tract
before they can germinate; it is estimated that at least a third of tree species in west
African forests rely on elephants in this way. Elephants grazing on vegetation also affect
the structure of habitats and influence bush fire patterns. For example, under natural
conditions, elephants make gaps through the rainforest, enabling the sunlight to enter,
which allows the growth of various plant species. This, in turn, facilitates more abundance
and more diversity of smaller animals. As a result of the influence elephants have
over many plants and animals, they are often referred to as a keystone species because
they are vital to the long-term survival of the ecosystems in which they live.