Are you learning for the sake of experimenting or are there functional requirements driving you to dive into this space?
*If you are learning for the sake of adding new tools to your portfolio: Look into high level overviews of each of the projects and review architecture solutions that use them. Focus on how they interact and target ones that peak your curiosity the most. *If you are learning the ecosystem to fulfill some customer requirements then just learn the pieces as you need them. Compare the high level differences between the sub projects and let the requirements drive which pieces you focus on. There are plenty of training videos out there (for free) that go over quite a few of the pieces. I recently came across https://www.db2university.com/courses/auth/openid/login.php which has a basic set of reference materials that reviews a few of the sub projects within the eco system with included labs. Yahoo developer network and Cloudera also have some great resources as well. Any one of us could point you in a certain direction but it is all a matter of opinion. Compare your needs with each of the sub projects and that should filter the list down to a manageable size. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Varad Meru [mailto:meru.va...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:19 AM To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org; Varad Meru Subject: Learning curve after MapReduce and HDFS Hi all, I have been working with Hadoop core, Hadoop HDFS and Hadoop MapReduce for the past 8 months. Now I want to learn other projects under Apache Hadoop such as Pig, Hive, HBase ... Can you suggest me a learning path to learn about the Hadoop Eco-System in a structured manner? I am confused between so many alternatives such as Hive vs Jaql vs Pig HBase vs Hypertable vs Cassandra And many other projects which are similar to each other. Thanks in advance, Varad ----------------------------------- Varad Meru Software Engineer Persistent Systems and Solutions Ltd. This e-mail message may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and is intended to be received only by persons entitled to receive such information. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please delete it and all attachments from any servers, hard drives or any other media. Other use of this e-mail by you is strictly prohibited. All e-mails and attachments sent and received are subject to monitoring, reading and archival by Monsanto, including its subsidiaries. The recipient of this e-mail is solely responsible for checking for the presence of "Viruses" or other "Malware". Monsanto, along with its subsidiaries, accepts no liability for any damage caused by any such code transmitted by or accompanying this e-mail or any attachment. The information contained in this email may be subject to the export control laws and regulations of the United States, potentially including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and sanctions regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC). As a recipient of this information you are obligated to comply with all applicable U.S. export laws and regulations.
