There's also this [0] on how to outperform Hadoop with command line tools. Obviously, you should look at the role I/O costs can play. A lot of RAM and some SSD

There's also this [0] on how to outperform Hadoop with command line tools. Obviously, you should look at the role I/O costs can play. A lot of RAM and some SSD drives might be a better idea than Hadoop at this scale. [0] http://aadrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-than-your-hadoop-cluster.html http://aadrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-tha...