Thanks for the link. Sounds like it's tricky but may be possible to get some specific benefits, though it'll take some serious vendor inquisition to figure out how and what.
kbrownk Harsh J wrote: > > Hi, > > I am unsure about SAS, but R does have some Hadoop-enabled software > out there that can leverage the offered parallelism. See the answer(s) > at: http://www.quora.com/How-can-R-and-Hadoop-be-used-together > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:09 AM, kbrownk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm looking to setup a Hadoop cluster to take advantage of its parallel >> architecture. I'd like to use R, SAS, or equivalent to run datamining or >> analytics models. Since these analytics will by and large be serial, will >> there be no benefit to using Hadoop over a single server? That is, does >> the >> software have to be coded for parallel distribution in order for it to >> gain >> any of the distinctive Hadoop advantages? >> >> Thanks for any advice, >> kbrownk >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Can-serially-code-software-utilize-Hadoop-benefits-tp34192373p34192373.html >> Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > > > -- > Harsh J > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Can-serially-code-software-utilize-Hadoop-benefits-tp34192373p34197961.html Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
