Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 74734 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 56593 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2011 13:23:45 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 56537 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2011 13:23:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for common-user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 7184 invoked by uid 99); 3 Mar 2011 07:23:36 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: Hadoop and image processing? References: <1299136609.97167.ezmlm@hadoop.apache.org> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:23:06 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: nigelsandever@btconnect.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1299136609.97167.ezmlm@hadoop.apache.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.54 (Win32) X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=Neutral-1, source=Queried, refid=tid=0001.0A0B0301.4D6F41DC.0109, actions=tag X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=c2bthomr09.btconnect.com X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A0B0209.4D6F41DD.0157,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=89.243.39.73, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org How applicable would Hadoop be to the processing of thousands of large (60-100MB) 3D image files accessible via NFS, using a 100+ machine cluster? Does the idea have any merit at all? If so, perhaps there is a description or use case example kicking around somewhere that I read as a first step? Thanks, buk.