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Installing Vertica SQL on Hadoop

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Interested in adding Vertica’s analytic capabilities to your Hadoop cluster? Watch this tutorial video to learn how you can install Vertica on Hadoop, giving it faster access to your data!

Some of the links references in the video:

The Vertica SQL on Hadoop page.
Recommendations for Co-locating Vertica on a Hadoop cluster.
The Before You Install the Operating System section of the Installing Vertica document.
Installating Vertica’s General Operating System Configuration – Manual Configuration topic.
Installating Vertica’s Ensure Ports are Available topic.
Reading Apache Hive ORC Files.
HDFS storage locations.

About the Author

Gary Gray
Principal Information Developer

I've been an information developer (technical writer) at Vertica for over 9 years. I've covered many different areas of Vertica in that time including client libraries, SDK, Kafka and Hadoop integrations, and Eon Mode.

When I am not writing about Vertica, I tinker with old computers and am an occasional amateur chocolatier.

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