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)
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Authors
- 1. Andrew Pavlo (Brown University)
- 2. Erik Paulson (University of Wisconsin)
- 3. Alexander Rasin (Brown University)
- 4. Daniel J. Abadi (Yale University)
- 5. David J. DeWitt (Microsoft)
- 6. Samuel Madden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 7. Michael Stonebraker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{pavlo_sigmod09,
title = {{A Comparison of Approaches to Large-Scale Data Analysis}},
author = {Pavlo, Andrew and Paulson, Erik and Rasin, Alexander and Abadi, Daniel J. and DeWitt, David J. and Madden, Samuel and Stonebraker, Michael},
series = {{SIGMOD} '09},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/1559845.1559865},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1559845.1559865},
year = {2009}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 50 of 71 citing papers.
Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Pig Latin: A Not-So-Foreign Language for Data Processing | 2008 | SIGMOD | 0.0010686205 |
| 30 | SCOPE: Easy and Efficient Parallel Processing of Massive Data Sets | 2008 | VLDB | 0.00051174276 |
| 52 | GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine | 1986 | VLDB | 0.00041107291 |
| 152 | Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms | 1985 | VLDB | 0.00029038365 |
| 155 | MAD Skills: New Analysis Practices for Big Data | 2009 | VLDB | 0.00028713176 |
| 292 | LINQ: Reconciling Objects, Relations and XML in the .NET Framework | 2006 | SIGMOD | 0.00022259549 |
| 652 | An Overview of The System Software of A Parallel Relational Database Machine GRACE | 1986 | VLDB | 0.00015304915 |
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