Parallel Processing of Large Volume ETL Jobs

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Parallel Processing of Large Volume ETL Jobs

RAGHAVENDRA NARAYANA-476029

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November 7, 2007 at 11:28 pm

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 1

The title of this article is "Parallel Processing of Large Volume ETL Jobs"... what do you consider to be a "Large Volume ETL Job"?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

RAGHAVENDRA NARAYANA-476029 Valued Member Points: 72 More actions · Answer 2

Large volume means number of rows and data size of source(s) that need to be processed into the target system by applying good amount of complex validation/filtration/transformation logics. The "Number of rows" and "good amount of" in the previous sentence depends on the hardware capacity and availability of ETL time window of individual systems. Before considering the idea discussed in article, study need to be done on the project for facts like current/future hardware capacity, how much data parallelism can be applied with current hardware, current/future available time window for etl processing, future complexities in validation logics, etc.

Usman Ghani Grasshopper Points: 19 More actions · Answer 3

I think the information you have attempted to communicate is valuable. However, the repeated use of slashes fragmented or run-on sentences made the article almost impossible to read.

Jim Jaggers Valued Member Points: 53 More actions · Answer 4

Ohh, and you teased me. You mentioned SQL Set Theory twice in you introduction and then never addressed it in the body. Now I have to go google SQL Set Theory.

omhoge SSCertifiable Points: 5416 More actions · Answer 5

This is great timing we were just discussing this in regards to using HaDoop or SQL Server to do some very large, close to terabyte, imports and transformations.

I have a couple questions, and I realize you didn't want to include code but a little start on it would help if possible:

?How do you physically spit up the large files and track them in each thread?

?How is the master process receiving it's messages from the children processes?

?In a SQL SERVER implementation would you most likely use CRL code to break up the files and Bulk Load to import it?

?Any suggestions on foreign keys and indexes?

This is a great topic, it may give us a lead on how to proceed with our new data project.

Very much appreciated!

Skål - jh

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 6

RAGHAVENDRA NARAYANA (11/8/2007)
Large volume means number of rows and data size of source(s) that need to be processed into the target system by applying good amount of complex validation/filtration/transformation logics. The "Number of rows" and "good amount of" in the previous sentence depends on the hardware capacity and availability of ETL time window of individual systems. Before considering the idea discussed in article, study need to be done on the project for facts like current/future hardware capacity, how much data parallelism can be applied with current hardware, current/future available time window for etl processing, future complexities in validation logics, etc.

C'mon... How many rows and columns per row are you talking about?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

RAGHAVENDRA NARAYANA-476029 Valued Member Points: 72 More actions · Answer 7

We can think of an ETL system where we expect around 5 million transaction coming in with around 25 columns.

I would request if any of the Technical Architects who worked on database sizing and hardware configuration to share their thoughts on the article including parallelism, processors plus this question please.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 8

Thanks for the rowcount and line size... I've got an experiment or two to do... I'll be back...

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

RAGHAVENDRA NARAYANA-476029 Valued Member Points: 72 More actions · Answer 9

?How do you physically spit up the large files and track them in each thread?

?How is the master process receiving it's messages from the children processes?

FOR ABOVE TWO QUESTIONS, IN ARTICLE I HAVE GIVEN DETAILED EXPLANATION.

?In a SQL SERVER implementation would you most likely use CRL code to break up the files and Bulk Load to import it?

NOT SURE ABOUT THIS. I WOULD REQUEST EXPERTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA TO ADDRESS THIS.

?Any suggestions on foreign keys and indexes?

NOTHING MUCH THAT I CAN THINK OF NOW, FEW THINGS COULD BE, KEEP MAIN TABLE AND RELATED TABLE INSERTS/UPDATES IN ONE COMMIT/ROLLBACK BLOCK. TAKE CARE OF IDENTITY COLUMNS IN CASE OF ROLLBACK/FAILURE, WE'LL LOSE THE IDENTITY NUMBER IF ROLLBACK/FAILURE HAPPENS. INSERT/UPDATE THE RECORDS IN BULK LIKE THOUSANDS IN CHUNKS IN PREFERABLY TARGET TABLE PRIMARY INDEX ORDER. IN TARGET TABLES, BE STRICT IN INCLUDING INDEXES, TRY COMPOSITE INDEXES INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL INDEXES.

martin-210793 Ten Centuries Points: 1083 More actions · Answer 10

Hi Raghavendra,

Great Article.

How do you actually spawn a new thread? I have to implement something like this and this has given me some valuable information. I would like to thank you for this but before I begin I would like to perform some testing and I can't seem to find any code that relates to spawning new threads.

Thanks once again and I hope I am not causing you any unneccasary hassle.

M

bob pearman Mr or Mrs. 500 Points: 567 More actions · Answer 11

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December 16, 2008 at 10:04 am

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Yes i would like to know this too!