Yes it can be done through virtualization providing you can setup VMWare in your hardware for example ( you may find other options for virtualizing). If you needed to do a proof of concept though I would advice to go with a cloud vendor like IBM Bluemix or Amazon EC. You may have a better performance experience using cloud instances thaat you can provision, use and discard.
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Amjad Syed <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > My manager has asked me to do a proof of concept on old HP DL380 G6 > Quadcore systems having 12GB RAM and 4*72GB SAS Drives. > > My question is it possible to make a 2 node hadoop cluster with this > hardware? > > I have read that minimum HDD should be 1TB . >
