To use NFS as datanode fs may bring performance problems. Millions of
requests may block your NFS server.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Chris Embree <cembree@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm doing that currently. No problems to report so far.
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> The only pitfall I've found is around NFS stability. If your NAS is 100%
> solid no problems. I've seen mtab get messed up and refuse to remount if
> NFS has any hiccups.
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> If you want to really crazy, consider NFS for your datanode root fs. See
> the oneSIS project for details. http://onesis.sourceforge.net
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> Enjoy.
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> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Mehmet Belgin <
> mehmet.belgin@oit.gatech.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi Everyone,
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>> Will it be any problem if I put the hadoop executables and configuration
>> on a NFS volume, which is shared by all masters and slaves? This way the
>> configuration changes will be available for all nodes, without need for
>> synching any files. While this looks almost like a no-brainer, I am
>> wondering if there are any pitfalls I need to be aware of.
>>
>> On a related question, is there a best practices (do's and don'ts )
>> document that you can suggest other than the regular documentation by
>> Apache?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Mehmet
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