You can get a sandbox from http://hortonworks.com/downloads/#sandbox But you will need at least 8GB for the sandbox, so make sure you are on a machine that has 12-16GB RAM if you get that. If you don't have a machine with that amount of RAM, Azure/AWS is your option. Any further questions, please open a new thread for each question, so it won't be a long thread of question and answers. ... View more