I agree with Scoot! The first question to answer is "Do you have a problem with your current distribution?"
Thanks Serge On 8/8/12 9:17 AM, "Scott Fines" <[email protected]> wrote: >That's a bit like asking people what the best Linux Distro is..they all >serve (mostly) the same function, and you're likely to start a religious >war by stating their differences. > >The main point running through all the different flavors of Hadoop is >that they are all Hadoop. The differences only come from the chosen patch >sets, which are all open-sourced anyway. At least in theory, you could >rebuild Cloudera/Hortonworks/whatever just by applying the right >sequences of patch sets to core Hadoop. > >The real question is: Are you happy with what you are currently using? If >so, why worry about it? If not, why are you unhappy? Answering that >question is likely to give you the guidance you would like in terms of >what flavor you wish to pick. > >Scott > >On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Michael Segel wrote: > >> Now that's a loaded question. >> >> I'm going to plead the 5th because no matter how I answer it, I will >>probably piss someone off. ;-P >> They all have their own respective strengths and weaknesses. >> (Like that's stopped me before. ;-) >> >> -Mike >> >> On Aug 8, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Harit Himanshu >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> I have a very basic question - There are various flavors of hadoop by >>>Apache, Cloudera, MapR, HortonWorks(may be more I am not aware of). >>> I would like to learn what are the differences between these >>>distributions and how do I know which distribution is best for me? >>> I am current using Apache Hadoop >>> >>> Thank you >>> + Harit >> >
