Provided is a management system for a big data processing device that includes a system management master node and at least one system management agent node communicatively coupled to the system management master node over a network. A first request-based communication path may be provided for transmitting data from a system management agent node to the system management master node and a second response-based communication path is provided for transmitting data from the system management master node to the system management agent node. The system management agent node may be configured to detect whether an instruction is included in a response received over the second communication path.