Apache Spark: Why JSON isn't ideal format for your spark job

Introduction Hi there 👋! In this blog post, we will explore why JSON is not suitable as a big data file format. We’ll compare it to the widely used Parquet format and dig deep to demonstrate, through examples, how the JSON format can significantly degrade the performance of your data processing jobs. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a popular and versatile data format, but it has limitations when dealing with large-scale data operations....

September 9, 2024 · 5 min · 924 words · Vesko Vujovic