Tim, download Sandbox from http://hortonworks/com You will have everything needed in a small VM instance which will run on your home desktop.
*Thank you!* *Sincerely,* *Leonid Fedotov* Systems Architect - Professional Services lfedo...@hortonworks.com office: +1 855 846 7866 ext 292 mobile: +1 650 430 1673 On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > I want to setup an environment where I can teach myself hadoop. Usually > the way I'll handle this is to grab a machine off the Amazon free tier and > setup whatever software I want. > > However I realize that Hadoop is a memory intensive, big data solution. So > what I'm wondering is, would a t2.micro instance be sufficient for setting > up a cluster of hadoop nodes with the intention of learning it? To keep > things running longer in the free tier I would either setup however many > nodes as I want and keep them stopped when I'm not actively using them. Or > just setup a few nodes with a few different accounts (with a different > gmail address for each one.. easy enough to do). > > Failing that, what are some other free/cheap solutions for setting up a > hadoop learning environment? > > Thanks, > Tim > > -- > GPG me!! > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > > -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.
