You're reading from Data Engineering with Scala and Spark Build streaming and batch pipelines that process massive amounts of data using Scala

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804612583

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Scala

Concepts

Data Engineering

Authors (3):

Rupam Bhattacharjee

David Radford

Eric Tome

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Introduction to Data Engineering, Scala, and an Environment Setup

2. Chapter 1: Scala Essentials for Data Engineers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Environment Setup

4. Part 2 – Data Ingestion, Transformation, Cleansing, and Profiling Using Scala and Spark

5. Chapter 3: An Introduction to Apache Spark and Its APIs – DataFrame, Dataset, and Spark SQL

6. Chapter 4: Working with Databases

7. Chapter 5: Object Stores and Data Lakes

8. Chapter 6: Understanding Data Transformation

9. Chapter 7: Data Profiling and Data Quality

10. Part 3 – Software Engineering Best Practices for Data Engineering in Scala

11. Chapter 8: Test-Driven Development, Code Health, and Maintainability

12. Chapter 9: CI/CD with GitHub

13. Part 4 – Productionalizing Data Engineering Pipelines – Orchestration and Tuning

14. Chapter 10: Data Pipeline Orchestration

15. Chapter 11: Performance Tuning

16. Part 5 – End-to-End Data Pipelines

17. Chapter 12: Building Batch Pipelines Using Spark and Scala

18. Chapter 13: Building Streaming Pipelines Using Spark and Scala

19. Index

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Performance Tuning

In the world of big data processing, Apache Spark has emerged as a powerful and versatile framework. Its ability to handle large-scale data processing tasks, coupled with its speed and ease of use, has made it a favorite among data engineers and analysts. However, as data volumes grow and processing demands become more complex, ensuring optimal performance becomes paramount. The Spark user interface (UI) plays a crucial role in this pursuit, offering insights and metrics that can guide performance tuning efforts by helping to identify undersized or oversized compute and issues with data.

In this chapter, we will delve into the intricacies of the Spark UI and explore how it can be leveraged to fine-tune the performance of your Spark applications.

We will cover the following topics: