And even that recommendation isn't right. ;-) I think Sandy Bridge and SolarFlare are changing some of the design considerations.
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:32:58 +0200 > Subject: Re: Hbase Hardware requirement > From: timrobertson...@gmail.com > To: user@hbase.apache.org > > http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2010/03/clouderas-support-team-shares-some-basic-hardware-recommendations/ > > "4 1TB hard disks in a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) configuration > 2 quad core CPUs, running at least 2-2.5GHz > 16-24GBs of RAM (24-32GBs if you’re considering HBase) > Gigabit Ethernet" > > HTH, > Tim > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Shahnawaz Saifi <shahsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Please suggest a standard hardware configuration for hbase cluster which is > > going to be used to pull and store a lot of data. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Shah > >