Hi, I would like to run some experiments and research with Big Data problems on inexpensive hardware, specifically using the Raspberry Pi [1] and a couple of other inexpensive hardware add-ons such as:
* A cheap external USB hard-disk (for bulk of data). * SD card for a Forest fast data directory (small merges / inserts etc) * Ethernet cable to plug into a company network. Ideally I would like to keep my budget under £100 GBP. I guess I am unhappy with the world's obsession with using expensive hardware to mask poor quality code, bad engineering and misconfiguration. I believe that with the right engineering and tuning, it is possible to out-perform hardware which while being 1000 times more powerful, happens to be solving the same problem but with ill-thought through design by comparison. To get MarkLogic running on a Raspberry Pi, I would need an ARM binary of MarkLogic. E.g. ARM version of Fedora 14 [2] Would it be possible to get a "one-off" port? I absolutely don't care about stability in this instance and completely accept that there may be lots of bugs and so on. Regards, Charles P.S. I will be attending MarkLogic World in 3 weeks, if I don't get a response here, I am happy to wait to have a chat about it there face to face. [1] http://www.raspberrypi.org [2] http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
