Another good idea would be to create a VM image with Hadoop installed and
configured for a single-node cluster. Just throwing that out there.
Alex
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM, George Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I'd like to announce the availability of an open-source Live CD aimed at
providing new users to Hadoop with a fully functional, pre-configured Hadoop
cluster that is easy to start up and use and lets people get a quick look at
what Hadoop offers in terms of power and ease of use. By lowering the
barrier to getting Hadoop up and running, more people can try it out and
explore its features.
The CD image provided gives users an environment emulating a fully
distributed, three-node virtual Hadoop cluster. One of the reasons we used
OpenSolaris is its ability to emulate a multinode cluster environment in a
very small memory foot print. A three-node Map/Reduce cluster can be brought
up on a machine with as little as 800 MB of memory. Each additional virtual
cluster node only requires about 40 MB of additional memory, in addition to
the memory used by Hadoop. This means that people can take Hadoop for a
spin, even on their laptop.
Since the CD is live, it does not modify the contents of the user's
computer. This makes it ideal for those wishing to try out Hadoop without
having to install any software. For example, students wishing to use Hadoop
in a classroom lab environment can work entirely off of the CD.
Included in this release is Hadoop 0.17.1 running on OpenSolaris. You can
join the OpenSolaris Hadoop community online, as well as download the CD
image, documentation, and other resources from http://
opensolaris.org/os/project/livehadoop/ If you have any requests or
suggestions for improvements to this distribution of Hadoop, please let us
know through the community site, or join the discussion by sending an email
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
George Porter
