Thanks for the pointers, Max.

You guessed it right - we are essentially looking to familiarize
ourselves with the Big Data processing paradigm and understand the tool
chain involved - hence the request for a Hadoop cluster.

We will look at Digital Ocean as well as Spark/Shark.

However, we would still prefer something within the university - I know
a shared cluster is there - but where and how to access it remains a
question.

Best,
Sachin

On Saturday 25 October 2014 06:08 PM, Maksim Tsvetovat wrote:
> If all you're trying to analyze is 20 gigs you don't need Hadoop. I
> suggest loading it into an SQL database and crunching on a desktop box.
> If the point is to setup and use Hadoop, on Digital Ocean you can rent a
> requisite cluster for about the price of a latte.
> 
> Also -- don't use raw Hadoop, use Spark/Shark.
> 
> For another fun tool -- google BigQuery. 
> 
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> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Sachin Garg <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     We are looking for a Hadoop Cluster to analyze data related to airlines
>     ontime arrival for Dr. Borne's CS695 class.
> 
>     Wondering if anyone can point us to a Hadoop cluster on campus to do
>     this? I remember that we have a shared computing resource in the
>     university that we can use.
> 
>     Best,
>     Sachin
> 
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