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Hadoop Operations

2012-10-09T18:24:13-08:10

If you’ve been asked to maintain large and complex Hadoop clusters, this book is a must. Eric Sammer, Principal Solution Architect at Cloudera, shows you the particulars of running Hadoop in production, from planning, installing, and configuring the system to providing ongoing maintenance.

Hadoop Operations

2012-05-09T20:29:28-08:11

If you’ve been tasked with the job of maintaining large and complex Hadoop clusters, or are about to be, this book is a must. You’ll learn the particulars of Hadoop operations, from planning, installing, and configuring the system to providing ongoing maintenance.

HBase: The Definitive Guide

2011-09-13T12:27:31-08:12

If you're looking for a scalable storage solution to accommodate a virtually endless amount of data, this book shows you how Apache HBase can fulfill your needs. As the open source implementation of Google's BigTable architecture, HBase scales to billions of rows and millions of columns, while ensuring that write and read performance remain constant. Many IT executives are asking pointed questions about HBase. This book provides meaningful answers, whether you’re evaluating this non-relational database or planning to put it into practice right away.

HBase: The Definitive Guide

2011-08-29T12:55:24-08:13

Scaling Data Analysis with Apache Mahout

2011-03-01T20:23:45-08:14

With growing amounts of digital data at the fingertips of software developers, the need for a scalable, easy to use framework is tremendous. This talk introduces Apache Mahout--a project with the goal of implementing scalable machine learning algorithms for the masses.

Cassandra: The Definitive Guide

2010-11-22T16:24:43-08:15

With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how Apache Cassandra handles hundreds of terabytes of data while remaining highly available across multiple data centers -- capabilities that have attracted Facebook, Twitter, and other data-intensive companies. Cassandra: The Definitive Guide provides the technical details and practical examples you need to assess this database management system and put it to work in a production environment.

Cassandra: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version

2010-08-28T12:22:28-08:16

The rising popularity of Apache Cassandra rests on this database's ability to handle very large data sets that include hundreds of terabytes. This hands-on guide provides the all the details and practical examples you need to understand Cassandra's non-relational database design and put it to work in a production environment. The author pays special attention to data modeling, and demonstrates Cassandra's many advantages -- including its high availability, eventual consistency model, and ability to scale easily.

From Apache to Health and Human Services - Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT health data project.

2010-06-17T12:32:23-08:17

In this podcast interview, Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT project and the role data can play in improving patient care and the medical system.

Four short links: 26 May 2010 - Reading Outlook in Open Source, Android Tablets, Websocket Editing, Jabber for Node.js

2010-05-26T05:28:46-08:18

PSTSDK -- Apache-licensed code from Microsoft to read Outlook files. Covered by Microsoft's Open Specification Promise not to assert related patents against users of this library. Cheap Android Tablet -- not multitouch, but only $136. Good for hacking with in the meantime. (via Hacker News) Real-Time Collaborative Editing with Websockets, node.js, and Redis -- uses Chrome's websockets alternative to...

Four short links: 15 March 2010 - Digital Libraries, Story Analysis, Scriptable Google Apps, Forensic Rooting

2010-03-15T18:32:39-08:19

There's a Rootkit in the Closet -- lovely explanation of finding and isolating a rootkit, reconstructing how it got there and deconstructing the rootkit to figure out what it did. It's a detective story, no less exciting than when Cliff Stohl wrote The Cuckoo's Egg. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

What's New in O'Reilly Answers - Editing .mp4 files, considering ebook readers, background images in Dreamweaver, Apache help and much more!

2010-02-26T07:31:20-08:20

Editing mp4 files with Final Cut Pro or other Mac based applications What is the best ebook reader these days? Dreamweaver background image about .bash_history file Is it standard practice to give the web user apache full read/write/execute privileges to the files and folders within the webroot? Share knowledge, ask questions on O'Reilly Answers today.

CouchDB: The Definitive Guide

2010-01-26T16:49:19-08:21

Time to Relax

CouchDB: The Definitive Guide

2010-01-19T05:23:26-08:22

Three of CouchDB's creators show you how to use this document-oriented database as a standalone application framework or with high-volume, distributed applications. With its simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data, CouchDB is ideal for web applications that handle huge amounts of loosely structured data. You'll learn how to work with CouchDB through its RESTful web interface, and become familiar with key features such as simple document CRUD (create, read, update, delete), advanced MapReduce, deployment tuning, and more.

Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

2009-11-04T21:26:53-08:23

We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

The Cherokee Project: Has Apache Finally Met Its Match?

2009-08-04T03:59:49-08:24

Over the coming weeks I plan to introduce you all to what I believe to be one of the most important open source projects on the planet: The Cherokee Project. Buckle up. The ride won't be without bumps. But it...

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide

2009-06-05T23:50:01-08:25

MapReduce for the Cloud

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

2009-04-30T20:50:21-08:26

This is the first in a series of several articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. This article discusses Pivot's support for drag and drop.

Apache Cookbook

2007-12-21T15:59:45-08:27

The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with Apache. Thoroughly updated for Apache versions 2.0 and 2.2, this book includes more than 200 recipes ranging from simple tasks, such installing the server on Red Hat Linux or Windows, to more complex tasks, such as setting up name-based virtual hosts or securing and managing your proxy server.