Might it be worth running the http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Sort and posting your results for comment?
Tim On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Usman Waheed <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to tell what kind of performance numbers one can expect out > of their cluster given a certain set of specs. > > For example i have 5 nodes in my cluster that all have the following > hardware configuration(s): > Quad Core 2.0GHz, 8GB RAM, 4x1TB disks and are all on the same rack. > > Thanks, > Usman > >
