title: Hadoop Essentials: A Quantitative Approach
author:  Henry H. Liu 
description: <b>Update (March 14, 2014)</b>: This book has been upgraded to Hadoop 2/YARN with a new title of <i>Hadoop 2 Essentials: An End-to-End Approach.</i> Step-by-step procedures are given about how to set up a 4-node YARN Linux virtual cluster using VMware Workstation 10 on a Windows laptop.You can check the new edition out by searching "Hadoop 2henry liu" on Amazon, especially if you are interested in building a similar Hadoop 2/YARN virtual cluster on a WindowsPC.<br /> <b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b>Update (May 1, 2013)</b>: It has been verified that the MapReduce samples presented in the book work with the latest Hadoop stable release of 1.0.4. The upgrade procedure has been posted on the book's website.<br /><br /><br />This book teaches Hadoop MapReduce programming. Written in a unique <i>quantitative</i> approach, this book helps you learn all about Hadoop MapReduce programming within a matter of several weeks if you are a Java developer or within a semester in a classroom environment for upper-division CS students. Enhanced with precise procedures and working, non-word-counting MapReduce programs, you will learn not only how to write MapReduce programs but also how they work at the Hadoop API and workflow levels. The book also includes sanitized console outputs so that you canverify whether those MapReduce programswork asexpected in your Mac or Linux environment. This is a proven approach to learning Hadoop MapReduce programming most effectively and efficiently. If you are a college professor and interested in an evaluation copy (U.S. only), please visit the book's website (www dot perfmath dot com) and contact the author using your verifiable email address.
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  Hadoop Cluster Deployment
  
  Construct a modern Hadoop data platform effortlessly and gain insights into
  how to manage clusters efficiently **Danil Zburivsky**
  
  BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
  
  Hadoop Cluster Deployment
  
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