Very cool Adam! Thanks for the clarification, and great work for you guys porting it over to native running.
*Devin Suiter* Jr. Data Solutions Software Engineer 100 Sandusky Street | 2nd Floor | Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Google Voice: 412-256-8556 | www.rdx.com On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Adam Diaz <[email protected]> wrote: > No Cygwin is involved...We have the installation via MSI clearly > documented on our site. Python, Visual C++, JDK and .Net framework. This > work was done in conjunction with Microsoft who is not in the business of > supporting Cygwin. Hadoop is Java and Java runs on windows. > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:20 AM, DSuiter RDX <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It was my understanding that HortonWorks depended on CygWin (UNIX >> emulation on Windows) for most of the "Bigtop" family of tools - Hadoop >> core, MapReduce, etc. - so, you will probably make all your configuration >> files in Windows, since XML is agnostic, and can develop in Windows, since >> JARs and other Java constructs are agnostic by design, but when things are >> actually happening on your cluster, CygWin is in the middle. For a >> framework like Hadoop, I question the wisdom of deciding to use a host >> environment that uses more memory to begin with, then adding an emulation >> layer that complicates things and takes still more memory (since most >> Hadoop constraints are memory-based) simply for the convenience of being >> able to use my mouse. >> >> If you have a competent *NIX admin, you may consider the benefits of >> using Hadoop in Linux/UNIX, and leveraging the many web-based management >> tools (usually will come with a Hadoop distribution) and 3rd-party >> development tools from Informatica or Pentaho (let you build MapReduce, >> Pig, etc jobs in GUI) rather than going the Windows route - not only are >> you using hardware resources better, you also don't need to worry about >> licensing, and you won't need to reboot your cluster every Patch Tuesday. >> :-) >> >> Thanks! >> >> *Devin Suiter* >> Jr. Data Solutions Software Engineer >> 100 Sandusky Street | 2nd Floor | Pittsburgh, PA 15212 >> Google Voice: 412-256-8556 | www.rdx.com >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Nitin Pawar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Disclosure: I do not work for Hortonworks, I just use their product. >>> please do not bash me up >>> Angelo, >>> thats not entirely correct now. >>> >>> Hortonworks has done tremendous amount of work to port hadoop to windows >>> os as well. >>> Here is there press release: >>> http://hortonworks.com/about-us/news/hadoop-on-windows/ >>> >>> Chris, >>> I do remember seeing hadoop 2.x for windows ( >>> http://hortonworks.com/blog/announcing-beta-release-of-apache-hadoop-2/ >>> ) >>> I never tried it myself it on windows but you can reach out to their >>> support forum and I am sure someone will be happy to help . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Angelo Matarazzo < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I think that it is not useful trying to install hadoop on Windows >>>> because hadoop is very integrated in Linux and there is no support for >>>> Windows >>>> >>>> >>>> 2013/10/23 chris bidwell <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> Is there any documentation or instructions on installing Hadoop 2.2.0 >>>>> on Microsoft Windows? >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> -Chris >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nitin Pawar >>> >> >> > > > -- > * Adam Diaz * * * * * Solution Engineer - Big Data > ------------------------------ > > Phone: 919 609 4842 > Email: [email protected] > Website: http://www.hortonworks.com/ > > * Follow Us: * > <http://facebook.com/hortonworks/?utm_source=WiseStamp&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=signature> > <http://twitter.com/hortonworks?utm_source=WiseStamp&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=signature> > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/hortonworks?utm_source=WiseStamp&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=signature> > > [image: photo] > > Latest From Our Blog: Strong Ecosystem Support for HDP 2.0, Enabling > the Modern Data Architecture > <http://hortonworks.com/blog/strong-ecosystem-support-for-hdp-2-0/?utm_source=WiseStamp&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=signature> > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You.
