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Welcome to Hadoop MapReduce!

Hadoop MapReduce is a programming model and software framework for writing applications that rapidly process vast amounts of data in parallel on large clusters of compute nodes.

Getting Started

To get started, begin here:

  1. Learn about MapReduce by reading the documentation.
  2. Download Hadoop from the release page.
  3. Watch the MapReduce training.
  4. Discuss MapReduce on the mailing list.

Getting Involved

Hadoop MapReduce is an open source volunteer project under the Apache Software Foundation. We encourage you to learn about the project and contribute your expertise. Here are some starter links:

  1. See our How to Contribute page.
  2. Give us feedback: What can we do better?
  3. Join the mailing list: Meet the community.