> There is also Debian for the standard Apache Cassandra build
> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging
>
> Or you can use DS Community which is a totally free distro of Apache
> Cassandra
> http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/install/installDeb_t.html
> (Instructions for DS Community will work for both)
>
> Data Stax Enterprise is free for development purposes but can not be used
> in production without a licence. In addition is ships with extra
> installation companents (hadoop, mahoout, solr) that you probably want
> need.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> -----------------
> Aaron Morton
> New Zealand
> @aaronmorton
>
> Co-Founder & Principal Consultant
> Apache Cassandra Consulting
> http://www.thelastpickle.com
>
> On 26/09/2013, at 2:42 PM, Kanwar Sangha <kan...@mavenir.com> wrote:
>
>> What help are u looking for ?
>>
>> http://www.datastax.com/docs/datastax_enterprise3.1/install/install_deb_pkg
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shath...@e-z.net [mailto:shath...@e-z.net]
>> Sent: 25 September 2013 15:27
>> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
>> Subject: [Cassandra] Initial Setup - VMs for Research
>>
>> Request some initial setup guidance for Cassandra deployment
>>
>> I expect to mentor a project at the Oregon State University
>> computer science department for a senior engineering student
>> project.
>>
>> I am trying to pre-configure one or more VMware virtual
>> machines to hold an initial Cassandra database for a NOSQL
>> project.
>>
>> Any guidance on the steps for initial deployment would
>> be appreciated.
>>
>> My VMware machines already have the necessary 3rd party
>> tools such as Oracle Java 7 and are running on a Debian Linux
>> 7.1.0 release. The Oregon State University computer science
>> department will eventually host these virtual machines on
>> their department servers if the student project is selected.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Steven J. Hathaway
>> (Senior IT Systems Architect)
>>
>
>
