Learning and Operating Presto

The Presto community has mushroomed since its origins at  Facebook in 2012. But ramping up this distributed SQL query engine can  be challenging even for the most experienced engineers. This practical  book shows you how to begin Presto operations at your organization to  derive insights on datasets wherever they reside.

Authors Angelica  Lo Duca, Vivek Bharathan, and George Wang explain what Presto is, where  it came from, and how it differs from other data warehousing solutions.  You'll discover why Facebook, Uber, Twitter, and cloud providers,  including AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba, use Presto and how you can  quickly deploy Presto in production.

You'll learn about:

• Presto security and administration
• Syntax and connectors
• Clusters and tuning
• Troubleshooting: logs, error messages, and more
• Extending Presto for real-time business insight
• Extending PrestoDB