To paint a picture of how developers handle real-world data volume and velocity, we gathered insights from over 400 developers. The results are summarized below!
In last year’s DZone Guide to Big Data Processing, we collected survey data from our advanced developer audience to gather insights on how large datasets get, how many messages get processed per second, and how many nodes developers let their data processing clusters contain. We amalgamated all of this information into one easy-to-read diagram for you — check it out below!

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Sarah Davis
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