It's not that 99% of big data problems can't or shouldn't be solved by those tools. It's that hype makes everyone think their problem falls under the category o

It's not that 99% of big data problems can't or shouldn't be solved by those tools. It's that hype makes everyone think their problem falls under the category of big data when it might not. Hitting a performance or stability limit with MySQL with an unsophisticated schema/architecture does not mean you have big data. But that's the scenario that's common.