Research Article

Parallelizing Backpropagation Neural Network Using MapReduce and Cascading Model

Table 1

The specification of the cluster.

NamenodeCPU: Core i7@3 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
SSD: 750 GB
OS: Fedora

DatanodesCPU: Core [email protected] GHz
Memory: 32 GB
SSD: 250 GB
OS: Fedora.

Network bandwidth1 Gbps

Hadoop version2.3.0, 32 bit