Experience with Hadoop?

Question

Have any of you tried Hadoop? Can it be used without the distributed filesystem that goes with it, in a Share-nothing architecture? Would that make sense?

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Answer 1

The best way to wrap your head around Hadoop is to download it and start exploring the include examples. Use a Linux box/VM and your setup will be much easier than Mac or Windows. Once you feel comfortable with the samples and concepts, then start to see how your problem space might map into the framework.

A couple resources you might find useful for more info on Hadoop:

Hadoop Summit Videos and Presentations

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version - This is one of the few (only?) books available on Hadoop at this point. I'd say it's worth the price of the electronic download option even at this point ( the book is ~40% complete ).