Hi I have been struggling a long time with how to set up a hadoop test environment with 6 to 10 nodes. I have some concerns about using S3/EC2 but have not ruled it out.
Another direction is that I have set up a higher end box with the intent of using virtualization. The box is a core i7 2600-K with an MSI Motherboard. p67a-gd65 b3. This one apparently does *not *support either Citrix XenServer or Vmware hypervisor's. (rats!!) That puts me back at the 'drawing board'. But i already have this really fast box just sitting there.. Any suggestions for other ways to employ this machine to get the job done? thanks stephen
