Hadoop Operations

Rather than run through all possible scenarios, this pragmatic operations guide calls out what works, as demonstrated in critical deployments.

• Get a high-level overview of HDFS and MapReduce: why they exist and how they work
• Plan a Hadoop deployment, from hardware and OS selection to network requirements
• Learn setup and configuration details with a list of critical properties
• Manage resources by sharing a cluster across multiple groups
• Get a runbook of the most common cluster maintenance tasks
• Monitor Hadoop clusters—and learn troubleshooting with the help of real-world war stories
• Use basic tools and techniques to handle backup and catastrophic failure