https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Minimum-number-of-nodes-and-specs-for-a-real-cluster/m-p/61681#M52145 <P>Hi,</P><P>as usual, it depends of what you need...</P><P>The cloudera VM has 1 node with everything and it allows you to see it...</P><P>A&nbsp;quite simple&nbsp;cluster could have 2..3 MVs for CM &amp; masters and at least 3 VMs for Workers.</P><P>As I said and as you can imagine, it depends what you want to test on it</P><P>Believe me, you really need a Cloudera admin to get what you want...</P><P>In another thread refered to this <A href="http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2013/08/how-to-select-the-right-hardware-for-your-new-hadoop-cluster/" target="_self">blog</A></P><P>I hope, this will help you</P> Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:48:36 GMT alvarolucas 2017-11-09T17:48:36Z