Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34E14EF2E for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 89801 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jan 2013 10:29:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 89551 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jan 2013 10:29:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 89515 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jan 2013 10:29:38 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:29:38 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of john.lilley@redpoint.net designates 206.225.164.223 as permitted sender) Received: from [206.225.164.223] (HELO hub021-nj-7.exch021.serverdata.net) (206.225.164.223) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:29:30 +0000 Received: from MBX021-E3-NJ-2.exch021.domain.local ([10.240.4.78]) by HUB021-NJ-7.exch021.domain.local ([10.240.4.114]) with mapi id 14.02.0318.001; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:29:09 -0800 From: John Lilley To: "user@hadoop.apache.org" Subject: Getting started recommendations Thread-Topic: Getting started recommendations Thread-Index: Ac3v5moqWduo+Cy6R52EB6tasimltA== Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:29:09 +0000 Message-ID: <869970D71E26D7498BDAC4E1CA92226B3FCDB754@MBX021-E3-NJ-2.exch021.domain.local> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [206.168.224.109] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_869970D71E26D7498BDAC4E1CA92226B3FCDB754MBX021E3NJ2exch_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --_000_869970D71E26D7498BDAC4E1CA92226B3FCDB754MBX021E3NJ2exch_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We are somewhat new to Hadoop and are looking to run some experiments with = HDFS, Pig, and HBase. With that in mind, I have a few questions: What is the easiest (preferably free) Hadoop distro to get started with? C= loudera? What host OS distro/release is recommended? What is the easiest environment to get started with? Amazon EC2? Is there= anyone offering virtual/hosted prebuilt Hadoop instances? Where would we find some "big data" files that people have used for testing= purposes? Feel free to RTFM me to the right place ;-) Thanks, john --_000_869970D71E26D7498BDAC4E1CA92226B3FCDB754MBX021E3NJ2exch_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

We are somewhat new to Ha= doop and are looking to run some experiments with HDFS, Pig, and HBase.&nbs= p;

With that in mind, I have= a few questions:

What is the easiest (pref= erably free) Hadoop distro to get started with? Cloudera?<= /span>

What host OS distro/relea= se is recommended?

What is the easiest envir= onment to get started with? Amazon EC2? Is there anyone offerin= g virtual/hosted prebuilt Hadoop instances?

Where would we find some = “big data” files that people have used for testing purposes?

Feel free to RTFM me to t= he right place ;-)

Thanks, john

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