Hi, On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Todd, > >> I don't think "commodity hardware" is a joke at all, it's >> just a different definition of commodity. > > Yes, this is why I said: > >> > The "commodity hardware" talk around MR and BigTable >> > is a bit of a joke -- > > I tend to think of "commodity" as < USD$6000 or so. Really, standard server > class hardware with decent CPU, RAM, and disk, but no expensive RAID > controller, nor FC card, nor external RAID array, nor SSD, etc. > > But it is indeed a bit of a joke because many coming to Hadoop (and HBase) > have a definition of commodity that is a lot further along the continuum > toward cheap. I've had many, many conversations where this mention of > "commodity" has lead to a surprise later.
One reason I would say the cause of this confusion is $1k boxes being mentioned as examples in different presentation. Saying so I would also say that for startups 10~20 X $1k could work fine, keeping in mind that scaling might be necessary sooner rather than later and that could probably be tied to biz requirement. Thats just my understanding and feeling. Thank you, Imran > So internally I always say something like "basic server class hardware with > plenty of memory". > > - Andy > > > > > > -- Imran M Yousuf Entrepreneur & Software Engineer Smart IT Engineering Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: [email protected] Blog: http://imyousuf-tech.blogs.smartitengineering.com/ Mobile: +880-1711402557
