
I liked as for many reasons but two most important are
1. it is very easy to install and play the image through the VMWare player.
2. The software framework has all the installed environment such as HBase, HIVE and it is very easy to upgrade too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Actually, individual upgrade or if someone wants to install and configure the in-built environment is a bit hard. I remember trying to install HBase v 1.1. and remove the previous version that was already part of the software. It took time to debug. Upgradation of the individual frameworks can be made easy.
2. The VM image requires a lot of hard disks, minimum allocation of 30 GB, which is kind of difficult if the image is run on an internal hard drive. But this problem is solved while using an external hard drive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.