Because we can't set up a cluster now, but we have big SMP, a multi datanode hadoop configuration will speed up mahout.
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > I have done this with VM's but I would not generally recommend it. Without > VM's you will have a pretty ugly configuration issue because Hadoop usually > assumes it owns the machine. > > Besides, this is a seriously square peg into a round hole kind of problem > here. Hadoop (map-reduce) was designed so that you could use several little > machines instead of one big one. It just isn't going to work well on a > single computer. > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM, XiaoboGu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you have any experience in running multiple data nodes and task >> trackers on a single SMP server. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Ted Dunning [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:26 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Cc: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: Can all the algorithms in Mahout be run locally without a >> Hadoop cluster. >> > >> > Pretty big. SHould scream for local classifier learning. >> > >> > Local Hadoop should run pretty fast as well. >> > >> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM, XiaoboGu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > 32Core, 256G RAM >> > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: Ted Dunning [mailto:[email protected]] >> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 1:37 AM >> > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > Cc: [email protected] >> > > > Subject: Re: Can all the algorithms in Mahout be run locally without >> a >> > > Hadoop cluster. >> > > > >> > > > Big iron is fine for some of the classifier stuff, but throughput per >> $ >> > > can >> > > > be higher for other algorithms with a cluster of smaller machines. >> > > > >> > > > How big a machine are you talking about? Even relatively small >> machines >> > > are >> > > > pretty massive any more. 8 core = 16 hyper-thread machines with 48GB >> > > seem >> > > > to be not even very impressive any more. >> > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:47 AM, XiaoboGu <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > We will put a big SMP server to deploy Mahout. >> > > > > >> > > > > Regards, >> > > > > >> > > > > Xiaobo Gu >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > >> >> >
