Deployment Guide for Azure IaaS
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HDP Azure Marketplace Offerings

There are two Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Azure marketplace offerings:

  • Hortonworks Data Platform Standard

  • Sandbox

This guide provides setup, deployment, and reference information for the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Standard offering for Azure.

For information about deploying the Hortonworks Sandbox on Azure, see Deploying Hortonworks Sandbox on Microsoft Azure.

The following table shows the features of the two marketplace offerings for HDP.

Understanding the differences between the offerings helps you select the right method of deployment.

Table 1.1. HDP Azure Market Offerings

Azure Marketplace OfferingTargeted HDP UsersDescriptionCustomizationDesigned for Production Ready Environment
Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Standard

Advanced users.

Experience with HDP and the ability to make cost/benefit decisions related to hardware.

Designed for a multi-node HDP cluster.

You tell us how many nodes and the type of machines you want to use and we deploy it for you.

Cluster built based on your choice of machine type and number of nodes.Yes
Sandbox

Beginning users.

Little or no experience with Hadoop or HDP.

Single-node VM to get you started with HDP.

Provides tutorials to explore various components of the HDP stack.

NoneNo