A Study on Big Data Storage

Big data is relatively a new concept that includes huge quantities of data, social media analytics, real time data. It refers to the data set whose size is beyond the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, process and analyze. Big data is characterized by the dimensions volume, variety and velocity. The accumulated huge amount of data that previously of no significant importance or value have been put into maximum use due to the availability of newly designed Big Data tools that surpass earlier available data mining tools. Big data can be structured, semi-structured or unstructured, which is evolved due to incapability of earlier data management methods.