AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - EMR, AWS integration, and Storage

The video tutorial explains how Amazon EMR integrates with various AWS services like EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudTrail, and Data Pipeline. It discusses storage options available in EMR, including HDFS, EMRFS, and local storage, highlighting their benefits and limitations. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of using EMRFS with S3 for persistent storage and addresses the issue of data consistency with S3. It also covers the use of local storage and EBS, noting their ephemeral nature and suitability for temporary data.

What is the role of Amazon EC2 in an EMR cluster?

What are the implications of using HDFS in EMR regarding data persistence?

Explain the concept of EMRFS and its advantages over HDFS.

How does EMR integrate with Amazon S3 for data storage?

What challenges were associated with S3 consistency in EMR, and how have they been addressed?

What are the different storage options available in EMR, and how do they differ?

Discuss the use of Elastic Block Store (EBS) in EMR and its limitations.