Trino: The Definitive Guide

Chapter 1. Introducing Trino

So you heard of Trino and found this book. Or maybe you are just browsing this first section and wondering whether you should dive in. In this introductory chapter, we discuss the problems you may be encountering with the massive growth of data creation, and the value locked away within that data. Trino is a key enabler to working with all the data and providing access to it with proven successful tools around Structured Query Language (SQL).

The design and features of Trino enable you to get better insights, beyond those accessible to you now. You can gain these insights faster, as well as get information that you could not get in the past because it cost too much or took too long to obtain. And for all that, you end up using fewer resources and therefore spending less of your budget, which you can then use to learn even more!

We also point you to more resources beyond this book but, of course, we hope you join us here first.

The Problems with Big Data

Everybody is capturing more and more data from device metrics, user behavior tracking, business transactions, location data, software and system testing procedures and workflows, and much more. The insights gained from understanding that data and working with it can make or break the success of any initiative, or even a company.

At the same time, the diversity of storage mechanisms available for data has exploded: relational databases, NoSQL databases, document databases, key-value stores, object ...