Apache Spark
Apache Spark is an open-source cluster computing framework originally developed in the AMPLab at UC Berkeley. In contrast to Hadoop's two-stage disk-based MapReduce paradigm, Spark's in-memory primitives provide performance up to 100 times faster for certain applications. By allowing user programs to load data into a cluster's memory and query it repeatedly, Spark is well-suited to machine learning algorithms.
Installation
Install the apache-sparkAUR package.
Configuration
Some environment variables are set in /etc/profile.d/apache-spark.sh.
| ENV | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PATH | $PATH:/opt/apache-spark/bin
|
Spark binaries |
You may need to adjust your PATH environment variable if your shell inhibits /etc/profile.d:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-spark/bin
Enable R support
The R package sparkR is distributed with the package but not built during installation. To connect to Spark from R you must first build the package by running
# $SPARK_HOME/R/install-dev.sh
as described in $SPARK_HOME/R/README.md. You may also wish to build the package documentation following the instructions in $SPARK_HOME/R/DOCUMENTATION.md.
Once the sparkR R package has been built you can connect using /usr/bin/sparkR.