There are some issues with using Mahout on Windows so you’ll have to run on a ‘nix machine or VM. There shouldn’t be any problem with using VMs as long as your Spark install is setup correctly.
Currently you have to build Spark first and then Mahout from source. Mahout uses Spark 1.1. You’ll need to build Spark from source using “mvn install” rather than their recommended “mvn package” There were some problems in the Spark artifacts when running from the binary release. Check Mahout’s Spark FAQ for some pointers http://mahout.apache.org/users/sparkbindings/faq.html Verify Spark is running correctly by trying their sample SparkPi job. http://spark.apache.org/docs/1.1.1/submitting-applications.html Spark in general and spark-itemsimilarity especially like lots of memory so you may have to play with the -sem option to spark-itemsimilarity. On Jan 6, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Pasmanik, Paul <paul.pasma...@danteinc.com> wrote: Hi, I've been trying to run spark-itemsimilarity against Hortonworks Sandbox with Spark running in a VM, but have not succeeded yet. Do I need to install mahout and run within a VM or is there a way to run remotely against a VM where spark and hadoop are running? I tried running a scala ItemSimilaritySuite test with some modifications pointing hdfs and spark to sandbox but getting various errors the latest one with ShuffleMapTask getting hdfs block missing exception trying to read an input file that I uploaded to the hdfs cluster. ________________________________ The information contained in this electronic transmission is intended only for the use of the recipient and may be confidential and privileged. Unauthorized use, disclosure, or reproduction is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately.