Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F1DB7FAC for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:18:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 51275 invoked by uid 500); 15 Aug 2011 21:18:07 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 51188 invoked by uid 500); 15 Aug 2011 21:18:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 51180 invoked by uid 99); 15 Aug 2011 21:18:06 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:18:06 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.1 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of billmcn@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.48 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.48] (HELO mail-bw0-f48.google.com) (209.85.214.48) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:17:59 +0000 Received: by bkat2 with SMTP id t2so5089212bka.35 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:17:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ZDAuOoILvv6JkeKeVR4Rz+gxumNXEH3oRcTcUHkQzW8=; b=xg91mv5u2fj1DFOyIIDQLMjXWUsViD+htZZBEWeGBaLirZnJCMFu06lGY/1m7C847/ b/A7aX0GqFU7S2JtGT8+LHvpaclQ176lyvNuNfIHnNVonjl9DYKERLfJ9eDVBqWzjFZ3 WLid6iy761WljWj+UHlaXjLaJtfimhtyDGN0E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.181.193 with SMTP id bz1mr1063651bkb.179.1313443058732; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:17:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.22.17 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:17:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:17:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What is the most efficient way to copy a large number of .gz files into HDFS? From: "W.P. McNeill" To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf302927fcf2cf2404aa91cab8 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --20cf302927fcf2cf2404aa91cab8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Am I better off using distcp instead of copyFromLocal, since the former will be distributed? --20cf302927fcf2cf2404aa91cab8--