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September 18, 2013

Reference Configuration for Hortonworks Data Platform on Dell

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It’s not an easy task to find the right hardware configuration for Hadoop. Thanks to our partner Dell, we’ve detailed a configuration for Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) on the Dell PowerEdge R720XD. This reference configuration introduces the server set-up that can run the HDP and is intended for organizations looking on configuring Apache Hadoop clusters within their information technology environment for big data analytics.

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