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Apache Hadoop runs on the EC2 instances a job flow launches in order to process a job flow. Depending on the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) version you use to launch the job flow, you have many options as to which verson of Hadoop to run, each with different options and configurations. For more information about the supported AMI versions, see Specify the Amazon EMR AMI Version.
This section describes the various configuration settings and mechanisms available in Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR).