[GTALUG] Running Hadoop on a 32 bit linux (Fedora 21 or Linuxmint 17) computer

[David Thornton]

It is my experience that most "new tools" Hadoop included are developed
primarily for 64 bit platforms. It's possible that some components are
offered with 32 bit versions.  However  we live in a world of very
interdependent software components. It takes a bug or two in the 32 bit
version that's not getting any dev attention because it's 32 bit to bring
your project to a grinding halt. Better to expend energy , time , or money
to start at 64 bit and deal with hard problems rather than asinine problems.

/opinion
On Jan 15, 2015 3:16 PM, "Clive DaSilva" <cdasilva at iprimus.ca> wrote:

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> I decided to take a shot at Hadoop as a lot of my career adventures deal
> with manipulating large data streams. While Hadoop usually runs from a
> cluster of Linux boxes, for self-experimental purposes, some of the distros
>  have included Hadoop or work- alikes( Apache Bigtop for Ubuntu being one
> example which insists on  a 64 bit box) for single node activity, but it’s
> not clear as to whether you need a 32 or 64 bit computer, as after two days
> of googling the subject, I find the documentation to be  quite vague. Does
> anyone here have experience with this beast? Any suggestions, links, etc
> would be appreciated.
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