A Comparison of Approaches to Large-Scale Data Analysis

Summary: Compare MapReduce with parallel DBMSs for large-scale data analysis, tying MR to decades of parallel-SQL work. A 100-node benchmark finds DBMSs load/tune longer but run faster than MR; discusses causes and future-system implications. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 4118
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 2009
Pagerank: 0.00073570328
Overall Rank: 42 | 99.72%
DOI: -

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Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
3	Pig Latin: A Not-So-Foreign Language for Data Processing	2008	SIGMOD	0.0024217964
21	GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine	1986	VLDB	0.00086104592
22	SCOPE: Easy and Efficient Parallel Processing of Massive Data Sets	2008	VLDB	0.00084679526
77	Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms	1985	VLDB	0.00056488357
169	MAD Skills: New Analysis Practices for Big Data	2009	VLDB	0.00038967371
201	LINQ: Reconciling Objects, Relations and XML in the .NET Framework	2006	SIGMOD	0.00034903121
518	An Overview of The System Software of A Parallel Relational Database Machine GRACE	1986	VLDB	0.00021161322

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