Another good idea would be to create a VM image with Hadoop installed and configured for a single-node cluster. Just throwing that out there.
Alex On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM, George Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to announce the availability of an open-source "Live CD" aimed at > providing new users to Hadoop with a fully functional, pre-configured Hadoop > cluster that is easy to start up and use and lets people get a quick look at > what Hadoop offers in terms of power and ease of use. By lowering the > barrier to getting Hadoop up and running, more people can try it out and > explore its features. > > The CD image provided gives users an environment emulating a fully > distributed, three-node virtual Hadoop cluster. One of the reasons we used > OpenSolaris is its ability to emulate a multinode cluster environment in a > very small memory foot print. A three-node Map/Reduce cluster can be brought > up on a machine with as little as 800 MB of memory. Each additional virtual > cluster node only requires about 40 MB of additional memory, in addition to > the memory used by Hadoop. This means that people can take Hadoop for a > spin, even on their laptop. > > Since the CD is "live", it does not modify the contents of the user's > computer. This makes it ideal for those wishing to try out Hadoop without > having to install any software. For example, students wishing to use Hadoop > in a classroom lab environment can work entirely off of the CD. > > Included in this release is Hadoop 0.17.1 running on OpenSolaris. You can > join the OpenSolaris Hadoop community online, as well as download the CD > image, documentation, and other resources from http:// > opensolaris.org/os/project/livehadoop/ If you have any requests or > suggestions for improvements to this distribution of Hadoop, please let us > know through the community site, or join the discussion by sending an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks, > George Porter >
