title: Platform for running Hadoop with Hbase
body: <p>We were just going to start working with a project using Hadoop and Hbase and were confused about which platform to use for it. It seems Hadoop is actually made for unix based systems but seems it also can be run in windows with the help of cygwin.</p>
  
  <p>Will we have to face any specific issues incase Windows is selected or will it run equally good as any Unix based systems. Our project is based on sorting out data created by a web crawler and creating a simple searching interface using map/reduce technique. </p>
  
  <p>If someone experienced could lay down about differences in using Windows / Unix based like Ubuntu.</p>
  
  <p>ps:we are more comfortable working in windows</p>