Pro Hadoop

by Jason Venner

Book Overview

You've heard the hype about Hadoop: it runs petabyte-scale data mining tasks insanely fast, it runs gigantic tasks on clouds for absurdly cheap, it's been heavily committed to by tech giants like IBM, Yahoo , and the Apache Project, and it's completely open-source (thus free). But what exactly is it, and more importantly, how do you even get a Hadoop cluster up and running?

From Apress, the name you've come to trust for hands-on technical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1430219424
• ISBN13: 9781430219422
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.2"