anchor.diff:  [[requirements-hadoop]]
   === Hadoop
   
  -Hadoop 1.x (ideally the latest stable version in the 1.x line, currently 1.2.1) or 2.x (ideally the latest stable version, currently 2.2.0). {eh} is tested daily against Apache Hadoop; any distro compatible with Apache Hadoop should work just fine. 
  +Hadoop 1.x (ideally the latest stable version in the 1.x line, currently 1.2.1) or 2.x (ideally the latest stable version, currently 2.4.1). {eh} is tested daily against Apache Hadoop; any distro compatible with Apache Hadoop should work just fine. 
   
   To check the version of Hadoop, one can refer either to its folder or jars (which contain the version in their names) or from the command line:
   
  
positive.code: [[requirements-spark]]
  === Apache Spark
  
  Spark 1.0.0 or higher. We recommend using the latest release of Spark (currently 1.0.2). As {eh} provides
  native integration (which is recommended) with {sp} it does not matter what binary one is using. 
  The same applies when using the Hadoop layer to integrate the two as {eh} supports the majority of
  Hadoop distributions out there.
  
negative.code: [[requirements-hive]]
  === Apache Hive
  
  Apache Hive 0.10 or higher. We recommend using the latest release of Hive (currently 0.12.0 or 0.13.1).
  
  One can find out the Hive version from its folder name or command-line:
  
  