Prerequisites for Hadoop setup

In this section, we will look at the necessary prerequites for setting up Apache Hadoop in cluster or pseudo mode. Often, teams are forced to go through a major reinstallation of Hadoop and the data migration of their clusters due to improper planning for their cluster requirements. Hadoop can be installed on Windows as well as Linux; however, most productions that Hadoop installations run on are Unix or Linux-based platforms.

Preparing hardware for Hadoop

One important aspect of Hadoop setup is defining the hardware requirements and sizing before the start of a project. Although Apache Hadoop can run on commodity hardware, most of the implementations utilize server-class hardware for their Hadoop...