MapReduceRoles for Azure
MapReduceRoles4Azure is a distributed decentralized MapReduce runtime for Windows Azure that was developed using Azure cloud infrastructure services.
Introduction
Core Architecture
- Distributed decentralized MapReduce runtime for Azure
- Built on Azure cloud infrastructure services
- Decentralized control model (no master node)
- Dynamic scaling capabilities
Azure Service Integration
- Azure Queues: Map/reduce task scheduling
- Azure Tables: Metadata and monitoring
- Azure Blob: Storage (input/output/intermediate)
- Azure Compute: Worker role execution
Key Benefits
- High scalability
- Enhanced availability
- Distributed processing
- No single point of failure
- Reduced bandwidth bottlenecks
- Minimal management overhead
Challenge Management
- Handles higher cloud latencies via coarse-grained tasks
- Addresses availability issues through:
- Retry mechanisms
- Non-reliance on immediate data access
- Supports dynamic instance scaling during computation
Downloads
MapReduceRoles4Azure binary beta version together with few samples is available for download and usage. We are actively working on open sourcing the MapReduceRoles4Azure.
Visual Studio 2010 is required
Install Azure SDK Link
Download MapReduceRoles4Azure library
Publications
Thilina Gunarathne, Tak-Lon Wu, Judy Qiu, Geoffrey Fox. MapReduce in the Clouds for Science, Proceedings of CloudCom 2010 Conference, IUPUI Conference Center, Indianapolis. November 30-December 3 2010
Thilina Gunarathne (2010), “Azure MapReduce,” https://hub.vscse.org/resources/159.