# BDA2-B Big Data Tools in HPC
# Background
There is a vast number of tools in different categories available that aid big data analytics -- but only some are production relevant in an HPC environment.

# Aim
  * To enable practitioners to understand and apply the principles of big data tools.

# Outcomes
  * Distinguish the benefit and drawback of various big data tools in the HPC environment.
  * Apply a data science workflow on existing data using various big data tools.
  * Construct simple data science workflows.

# Subskills
  * [[skill-tree:bda:2:1:b]]