AWS Big Data Blog
Category: Amazon EMR
How BigBasket uses the Iceberg based lakehouse architecture on AWS to power lightning-fast grocery delivery across India
In this post, we demonstrate how BigBasket implemented the lakehouse architecture on AWS, including their architecture decisions, implementation approach, and the measurable business results you can expect from a similar modernization. Whether you’re facing scalability challenges or planning your own lakehouse implementation, this blueprint provides actionable insights you can adapt for your organization.
Deploy modern data platforms in minutes with MDAA
In this post, we explore how MDAA transforms data architecture development from months of manual coding to production-ready deployment through configuration-driven infrastructure and embedded governance, examine a real customer transformation, and provide a clear implementation pathway for your own data modernization journey.
Upgrade PySpark from Spark 3.5 to Spark 4.0 with AWS Spark Upgrade Agent
In this post, we walk through a hands-on PySpark migration from Spark 3.5 to Spark 4.0 on Amazon EMR Serverless, using the AWS Spark Upgrade Agent. You’ll see how the agent iteratively validates your application on a live Amazon EMR Serverless application, automatically diagnosing and resolving failures from Amazon CloudWatch logs until the job succeeds.
Announcing Spark Connect on Amazon EMR Serverless: Interactive PySpark development, anywhere
Today, AWS is announcing support for Spark Connect on Amazon EMR Serverless with EMR release 7.13 (Apache Spark 3.5.6) and later versions. You can now build and debug Spark applications from your preferred local environment while running full-scale Spark operations on EMR Serverless.
Build stateful streaming applications with Apache Spark 4.0 on Amazon EMR Serverless
In this post, we demonstrate how to build a production-ready IoT device monitoring system using Spark 4.0’s transformWithState API on Amazon EMR Serverless. This example showcases the key capabilities of stateful streaming and provides a template you can adapt for your own use cases.
Announcing general availability of Apache Spark 4.0 on Amazon EMR
With this general availability announcement, Spark 4.0 is now supported across Amazon EMR Serverless, Amazon EMR on EC2, and Amazon EMR on EKS deployment options. In this post, you’ll learn about key Spark 4.0 capabilities now available on Amazon EMR including Spark Connect, the Variant data type, SQL scripting, Python API improvements, and streaming enhancements, along with infrastructure changes in the new emr-spark-8.0 release.
Capture data lineage of Amazon EMR spark jobs into Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
In this post, you’ll walk through a practical, step-by-step example that shows how to capture and track data lineage from Spark jobs running on Amazon EMR directly into Amazon SageMaker Catalog using OpenLineage. You’ll see how lineage metadata flows automatically and explore data relationships and dependencies across your workflows in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio.
A systematic approach to benchmarking SQL processing engines on AWS
Selecting the right SQL processing solution for large-scale data analytics is a critical decision for organizations. As data volumes grow exponentially, the technology landscape has evolved to offer diverse options for processing and analyzing this information efficiently. This post presents a systematic framework for evaluating and benchmarking SQL processing engines on AWS, using Apache JMeter to conduct practical performance testing at scale.
Build petabyte-scale synthetic test data with Amazon EMR on EC2
As data volumes grow from terabytes to petabytes, the architecture for generating synthetic data must evolve to meet increasing demands for scale, performance, and data quality. In this post, we show how you can build a scalable synthetic data generation solution using Amazon EMR, Apache Spark, and the Faker library.
Streamlined monitoring and debugging for Amazon EMR on EC2
In this post, we walk you through five key enhancements: Amazon CloudWatch Logs integration, step-level Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) logging controls, expanded console UIs for YARN and Tez, Amazon EMR step to YARN application ID mapping, and enhanced custom metrics with updated documentation.









