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From: Philip Zeyliger <philip@cloudera.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:50:46 -0700
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Subject: Re: Cloudera desktop
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As another Cloudera engineer who works on the Desktop product, I'll pile
onto what Todd said: we're quite keen on feedback.  We've also been heads
down on a couple of cool things to come.  If you're very interested, shoot
me an email privately.

-- Philip


On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Todd Lipcon <todd@cloudera.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Just wanted to say thanks for the feedback. The desktop team is listening
> and definitely taking your suggestions into account.
>
> -Todd
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Michael Segel <michael_segel@hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:56:31 -0700
> > > Subject: Re: Cloudera desktop
> > > From: ryanobjc@gmail.com
> > > To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I'm not aware of any support of HBase in Cloudera desktop.  However i=
f
> > > someone wished to add HBase support, I would generally support such a
> > > notion. As engineers used to editing horrific things like build.xml
> > > and using command line tools, we can often underestimate the value of
> > > a good UI.
> > >
> >
> > Currently Cloudera's Desktop doesn't support HBase. But we've had
> > discussions with them on this.
> > Actually there aren't any really good HBase tools out there.
> >
> > I think that this will be addressed over the next couple of months.
> >
> > With respect to Cloudera's desktop, it does some things ok, some things
> not
> > so good.
> > (Using the web interfaces that come w Hadoop are sometimes easier to wo=
rk
> > with.)
> >
> > But its free, so you can't really complain.
> >
> > With respect to Python... you also have Ruby when you want to look at
> > HBase.
> > Both are ok, but do you want a web based gui or do you want a Java app,
> or
> > something else?
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > > As for the Java vs Python thing...  Porting to Java seems pointless, =
I
> > > have some HBase bugs for someone if they have that much spare time :-=
)
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Andrew Milkowski
> > > <andrewmilkowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > from my end (although I was able to bring the app with some tweaks)=
 I
> > > > would create proper java-framework for it (currently python), with
> > > > proper configuration files and documentation
> > > >
> > > > However, to me, value of this tool in general is questionable, it i=
s
> > > > much faster to setup a test job shell (or stream job) then to hack
> > > > around with python UI scripts to do the same
> > > >
> > > > Its a nice tool, although somewhat misguided (I think) its like
> having
> > > > an editor for xml files:)
> > > >
> > > > very best
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:51 PM, HadoopNoob <kat.herding@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hey folks,
> > > >>
> > > >> I am a grad student at the Univ of Texas =96 Austin doing some
> research
> > into
> > > >> Cloudera Desktop. I have very little technical background so I=92m
> > trying to
> > > >> find out what actual Hadoop users think.
> > > >>
> > > >> It seems that main benefits of Cloudera Desktop are in convenience
> (a
> > gui
> > > >> over the regular Hadoop console). If you could redesign it from
> ground
> > up,
> > > >> what are some major functions that you would like to see a Hadoop
> > management
> > > >> console serve?
> > > >>
> > > >> I know that some of the Cloudera people post here also. Please don=
't
> > take
> > > >> offense to this - I promise I'm not trying to disparage anyone!
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance for comments!
> > > >>
> > > >> Jim
> > > >> --
> > > >> View this message in context:
> > http://old.nabble.com/Cloudera-desktop-tp28181265p28181265.html
> > > >> Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> >
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>
> --
> Todd Lipcon
> Software Engineer, Cloudera
>

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