Hi JM, should I add more storage to the bigger ones ? many thanks! beatls On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari < jean-marc@spaggiari.org> wrote: > Hi Hua, > > You can use servers with different configuration, but the entire > cluster will tend to run as slow as your slowest server. However, that > will still help to to spread the load. > > JM > > 2013/2/26 hua beatls : > > shoudl we use PC servers with same configuration? > > > > beatlsd > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:02 AM, hua beatls wrote: > > > >> HI, > >> i have some existing PC servers, which would be used to form a hadoop > >> cluster, among which 4 servers have 2cpu(6 cores), 96Gmemory, and > another 4 > >> have 8cpu(6ocres),256G memory. Big gap. > >> can i user these 8 servers to make a hadoop cluster? any suggestion? > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> beatls > >> >