running Hadoop software on office computers (when they are idle)
- by Shahbaz
Is there a project which helps setup a Hadoop cluster on office desktops, when they are idle?
I'd like to experiment with Hadoop/MR/hbase but don't have acces to 5-10 computers. The computers at work are idle after hours and are connected to each other through a very high speed connection. What's more, data on these computers stays within our network so there is no privacy issue.
In order for this to work I need a fairly light weight monitor running on each machine. When the computer has been idle for X hours, it will join the cluster. If the user logs on, it has to drop out of the cluster and return all CPU/memory back.
Does something like this exist?