Hi, > Does playing with spark on a personal PC require any additional hardware to > get started?
No it can all run locally. HDFS is just a file format. There are lots online resources available e.g. [1] You might want to look at one of the edX courses [2] (which are free if you want them to be) to learn more about Spark. Justin 1. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/apache_spark/apache_spark_introduction.htm 2. https://www.edx.org/course?search_query=spark
