Free performance health check for Hadoop clusters

Hadoop is one of the most popular frameworks for creating distributed processing environments using commodity hardware. This makes it the first choice for many when implementing big data. However, the nature of this type of system means there are inherent performance limitations. Distributed systems performance specialist Pepperdata is launching Hadoop Health Check, a complimentary, expert assessment that evaluates and diagnoses Hadoop clusters of 100 nodes or more, and provides full visibility into current cluster conditions. When a company signs up for the Health Check program, the Pepperdata software is installed on a production cluster for up to 72 hours. Over that… [Continue Reading]