Thanks for the quick reply and advise. I work for a corporate and Red Hat Linux licenses is not an issue for us now. So we can plan it for 4 to 5 machines. So keeping that in mind - what would you recommend?
Alternatively, as per your suggestion, how easy is Cent OS installation? Where can i get the software? Can I install CentOS directly on the old machines or is it like a Virtual machine on Windows. Let me know please. On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote: > My first suggestion is to go for CentOS as it is free and almost the same > as RHEL. > Also having a 64 bit OS lets you use a bit more of the installed memory > > Then if you can simply install CentOS on these machines and have the > network running you should be fine. > > I have been running experiments on something identical to what you are > describing here. > > Niels Basjes > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Rody BigData <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I have some old ( not very old - each of 4GB RAM with a decent processor >> etc., and working fine till now ) Dell Windows XP machines and want to >> convert them to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for a Hadoop cluster for >> my experimental purposes. >> >> Can you give me some suggestions on how to proceed on this plan? My >> initial plan is to target 4 to 5 machines. >> >> Does the hardware on which Windows XP machine is based supports RHEL? >> >> Are there any other drivers or software should we install before >> installing RHEL on this machines? >> >> How easy/difficult is this, if some one like a Linux Systems >> Administrator is involved in this? >> >> >> > > > -- > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Niels Basjes >
