To understand "big data", you need to read this book (it's free) http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html. A

To understand "big data", you need to read this book (it's free) http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html. Anything else anyone blogs about regarding definition of big, cold or whatever buzzwords (especially on a mongo-related site) is water under the bridge.