I made the big mistake by using the latest version, 0.21.0 and found bunch of bugs so I got pissed off at hdfs. Then, after reading this thread it seems I should of used 0.20.x .
I really wish we can fix this on the website, stating 0.21.0 as unstable. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael Segel <michael_se...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Well that's CDH3. :-) > > And yes, that's because up until the past month... other releases didn't > exist w commercial support. > > Now there are more players as we look at the movement from leading edge to > mainstream adopters. > > > > > Subject: RE: Which release to use? > > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:30:39 -0500 > > From: jeff.schm...@shell.com > > To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > > > > > Most people are using CH3 - if you need some features from another > > distro use that - > > > > http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop/ > > > > I wonder if the Cloudera people realize that CH3 was a pretty happening > > punk band back in the day (if not they do now = ) > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_3_%28band%29 > > > > cheers - > > > > > > Jeffery Schmitz > > Projects and Technology > > 3737 Bellaire Blvd Houston, Texas 77001 > > Tel: +1-713-245-7326 Fax: +1 713 245 7678 > > Email: jeff.schm...@shell.com > > Intergalactic Proton Powered Electrical Tentacled Advertising Droids! > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Segel [mailto:michael_se...@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:10 PM > > To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Which release to use? > > > > > > Tom, > > > > I'm not sure that you're really honoring the purpose and approach of > > this list. > > > > I mean on the one hand, you're not under any obligation to respond or > > participate on the list. And I can respect that. You're not in an S&D > > role so you're not 'customer facing' and not used to having to deal with > > these types of questions. > > > > On the other, you're not being free with your information. So when this > > type of question comes up, it becomes very easy to discount IBM as a > > release or source provider for commercial support. > > > > Without information, I'm afraid that I may have to make recommendations > > to my clients that may be out of date. > > > > There is even some speculation from analysts that recent comments from > > IBM are more of an indication that IBM is still not ready for prime > > time. > > > > I'm sorry you're not in a position to detail your offering. > > > > Maybe by September you might be ready and then talk to our CHUG? > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > > To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Which release to use? > > > From: tdeut...@us.ibm.com > > > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:29:55 -0700 > > > > > > Hi Rita - I want to make sure we are honoring the purpose/approach of > > this > > > list. So you are welcome to ping me for information, but let's take > > this > > > discussion off the list at this point. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Tom Deutsch > > > Program Director > > > CTO Office: Information Management > > > Hadoop Product Manager / Customer Exec > > > IBM > > > 3565 Harbor Blvd > > > Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1420 > > > tdeut...@us.ibm.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rita <rmorgan...@gmail.com> > > > 07/16/2011 08:53 AM > > > Please respond to > > > common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > > > > > > > > To > > > common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > > Re: Which release to use? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am curious about the IBM product BigInishgts. Where can we download > > it? > > > It > > > seems we have to register to download it? > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Tom Deutsch <tdeut...@us.ibm.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > One quick clarification - IBM GA'd a product called BigInsights in > > 2Q. > > > It > > > > faithfully uses the Hadoop stack and many related projects - but > > > provides > > > > a number of extensions (that are compatible) based on customer > > requests. > > > > Not appropriate to say any more on this list, but the info on it is > > all > > > > publically available. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Tom Deutsch > > > > Program Director > > > > CTO Office: Information Management > > > > Hadoop Product Manager / Customer Exec > > > > IBM > > > > 3565 Harbor Blvd > > > > Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1420 > > > > tdeut...@us.ibm.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Segel <michael_se...@hotmail.com> > > > > 07/15/2011 07:58 AM > > > > Please respond to > > > > common-user@hadoop.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > To > > > > <common-user@hadoop.apache.org> > > > > cc > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > RE: Which release to use? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately the picture is a bit more confusing. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! is now HortonWorks. Their stated goal is to not have their > > own > > > > derivative release but to sell commercial support for the official > > > Apache > > > > release. > > > > So those selling commercial support are: > > > > *Cloudera > > > > *HortonWorks > > > > *MapRTech > > > > *EMC (reselling MapRTech, but had announced their own) > > > > *IBM (not sure what they are selling exactly... still seems like > > smoke > > > and > > > > mirrors...) > > > > *DataStax > > > > > > > > So while you can use the Apache release, it may not make sense for > > your > > > > organization to do so. (Said as I don the flame retardant suit...) > > > > > > > > The issue is that outside of HortonWorks which is stating that they > > will > > > > support the official Apache release, everything else is a derivative > > > > > work > > > > of Apache's Hadoop. From what I have seen, Cloudera's release is the > > > > closest to the Apache release. > > > > > > > > Like I said, things are getting interesting. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- > > > > > > > > > -- --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.--
