You will want something in between... 8 cores means 8 spindles.
16 cores means 16 spindles. You may want to up the memory, especially if you're running or thinking about running HBase. If you go beyond 4 spindles, you will saturate your 1GBe link. If you think about Type B, you will need 10GBe. On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Sandeep Reddy P wrote: > Hi, > I need to know difference between two hardware configurations below for > 24TB of data. (slave machines only for hadoop,hive and pig) > > TYPE A: 2 quad core, 32 GB memory, 6 x 1TB drives(6TB / machine) > > TYPE B: 4 quad core, 48 GB memory, 12 x 1TB drives (12TB / machine) > > suppose we choose 4 type A machines for 24tb of data and 2 type b machines > for 24 tb data. Assuming disk io speed is constant (7200 RPM sata), cost is > same for 4Type A and 2 Type B machines. > > I need which type of machines will give me best results in terms of > performance. > > > -- > Thanks, > sandeep
