Posted On: Apr 6, 2015
You can now use version 4.0.2 of the MapR Distribution including Apache Hadoop in Amazon EMR. All editions of this MapR release are supported: Community Edition (M3), Enterprise Edition (M5), and Enterprise Database Edition (M7). These versions are the first MapR releases on Amazon EMR that include Apache Hadoop 2 and YARN for resource management. Version 4.0.2 of the MapR Distribution also contains updated releases of MapR-FS and MapR-DB in the M3 and M7 Editions, and continues to offer the MapR high availability and enhanced disaster recovery feature set in the M5 and M7 Editions. To learn more about using Amazon EMR with the MapR Distribution for Hadoop, click here.
Version 4.0.2 of the MapR Distribution is only supported with Amazon EMR AMI version 3.3.2. You can launch an Amazon EMR cluster with MapR version 4.0.2 directly from the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or the Amazon EMR API. To view pricing information, click here. To learn more about how to launch an Amazon EMR cluster with the MapR Distribution for Hadoop, click here.