> you'll still possibly reap massive perf gains over Hadoop in certain contexts.
Certainly, and unfortunately, the exact point at which Hadoop becomes the better option over big iron is generally an ongoing debate and shifting target. But there's no doubt that such a point actually exists.
As such, it is actually "Bane's Rule" which states, "you don't understand a distributed computing problem until you can get it to fit on a single machine first."
(Thanks to nekopa, who also referenced it further down in this thread.)
Certainly, and unfortunately, the exact point at which Hadoop becomes the better option over big iron is generally an ongoing debate and shifting target. But there's no doubt that such a point actually exists.