Episode 72 – Hadoop sizing part 2: Storage sizing

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Episode 72 – Hadoop sizing part 2: Storage sizing: In this continuation of our Hadoop Sizing series we started last September, we move on from sizing your cluster to sizing the individual server chassis or virtual machines in your cluster. We did not finish the entire story just yet, by Roaring Elephant

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21 min listen

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