#202 - Hadoop There it Is
i guess the lesson here is that engineers are more expensive than hardware
Transcript
Man in sweater vest: SO, AFTER A LOOK AT OUR CUSTOMER'S BIG DATA NEEDS, HOW MANY SERVERS DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROVISION?
[T-shirt: LINUX]
Bearded man in LINUX shirt: UM...
Bearded man in LINUX shirt: ONE?
Man in sweater vest: BUT THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS AND GIGABYTES OF DATA. WE'RE PLANNING A WHOLE ORCHESTRATED HADOOP CLUSTER!
[Caption: A BLADE SERVER CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH 800 GIGABYTES OF RAM AND 24 CORES FOR LESS THAN WE CHARGE FOR TWO WEEKS OF CONSULTING.]
Bearded man in LINUX shirt: WE COULD FIT ALL OF THE DATA OUR CUSTOMER GENERATES IN 10 YEARS ON A BLADE WITHOUT EVER WRITING TO DISK.
Man in sweater vest: HMM...
Man in sweater vest: I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE BEFORE. WE SHOULD STILL WRITE TO DISK.
Man in sweater vest: NON NEGOTIABLE.
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