Introduction In recent years, big data has taken the world by storm. Legacy relational database storage on premises has been transformed into complex cloud systems with multiple databases, NoSQL databases, ingestion engines, and so forth. In this post, I’ll explain big data architecture and how it differs from legacy database architecture and describe the different types of big data architectures. What Is Big Data? Legacy Systems Big data refers to extremely large and complex data sets that cannot be effectively processed or analyzed using traditional data processing tools and techniques. When we …