Oh no! it begins! ;)
On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Michael Segel wrote: > Well Scott kinda side stepped MapR in his response. ;-) > > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Serge Blazhiyevskyy > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>> >>> >> >> >
