# AWS Big Data
!!! info "Architectural Context"
Detailed reference for AWS Big Data in the context of Cloud Providers (Hyperscalers).
## Standard Reference
- [Using Spark SQL for ETL](http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata/post/Tx2D93GZRHU3TES/Using-Spark-SQL-for-ETL) [COMMUNITY-TOOL]
- [Querying Amazon Kinesis Streams Directly with SQL and Spark Streaming](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/querying-amazon-kinesis-streams-directly-with-sql-and-spark-streaming) [COMMUNITY-TOOL]
- [whizlabs.com: AWS Kinesis vs Kafka Apache](https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/kinesis-vs-kafka) [COMMUNITY-TOOL]
- [medium: No-Code Data Collect API on AWS](https://medium.com/@dima.statz_89242/no-code-data-collect-api-on-aws-d79e3681d204) [COMMUNITY-TOOL]
- [AWS Big Data Blog: Category - AWS Data Pipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/aws-data-pipeline) [COMMUNITY-TOOL]
## Data Architecture
### Data Pipelines
#### AWS
- **(2026)** [aws.amazon.com/big-data](http://aws.amazon.com/big-data) [COMMUNITY-TOOL] — Curator Insight / Live Grounding: Overview directory of AWS Big Data resources, mapping core platform linkages across EMR, Amazon Athena, and Glue pipelines to construct high-throughput analytical data structures.
- **(2026)** [blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata](http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata) [COMMUNITY-TOOL] — Curator Insight / Live Grounding: AWS big data blog featuring implementation blueprints and performance patterns. Provides tuning configurations for large-scale distributed frameworks running inside cloud boundaries.
- **(2026)** [AWS Data Pipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/glue) [COMMUNITY-TOOL] — Curator Insight / Live Grounding: Technical reference on AWS Data Pipeline and AWS Glue. Clarifies how modern workflows leverage Glue for serverless metadata cataloging and event-driven data integrations.
- **(2026)** [AWS Data Pipeline Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/data-pipeline) [COMMUNITY-TOOL] — Curator Insight / Live Grounding: Guide to AWS Data Pipeline service, covering scheduling topologies, error mitigation routines, and execution templates across Amazon EMR and RDS.
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