On: Command-line tools can be faster than your Hadoop ...

[steego]

> It's not even small data.

We get it. Your data's pretty big.

[davecheney → steego]

1.75gb is three cd roms. It's not big data.

1.75gb of ram is less than the virtual address space for 32 bit windows Xp, it's not big data.

Protip: if it fits on the computer on your desk, it's not big data.