Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 55800 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2011 17:45:30 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Jan 2011 17:45:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 36879 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jan 2011 17:45:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 36830 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jan 2011 17:45:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hbase.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hbase.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 36822 invoked by uid 99); 1 Jan 2011 17:45:28 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:45:28 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of eric.xkcd@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.169 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.169] (HELO mail-wy0-f169.google.com) (74.125.82.169) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:45:22 +0000 Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so12427010wyj.14 for ; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:45:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=pehSaA1A13BLdvbuf/Zl83NslOx54I3EUxmPCu4KZjo=; b=xHGkmWzaoe+SS8lzRiS2poQKGddGT+yvUG4S2CsQYm1KlRuEq43aY7uf6bGlFOh50G QDd+F+E7nUF9UX7p307hkoc2IeVFmfJwXLUZHELppDG+Ey2wvFtSi/z0bu43Cdmia95X RUcCi+1dJSjJusE2MVYV1S7xc+eBKi0SzeCdU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=piWnYRAka4sUJKdLqy2YNJ5xJb7kFM32GlgoNmW6KsC47Ha1VFEg7TWR2XVrgt10Fh s780qbPP/qreWyBPG2OR4c/oN54/DyNF82F6bj6tFdqCSBg6KUxTozuSNKHOQrzBmcyA bGSikafXXq6B1wBKTIGCG0/fgEMNCJuitmEXA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.183.195 with SMTP id q45mr7169156wem.94.1293903900932; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.136.197 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:45:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 18:45:00 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HBase/HDFS in combination with EMC hardware From: Eric To: user@hbase.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f1e2d46379810498cc7adb --001485f1e2d46379810498cc7adb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Peter, if you mean to use a SAN for storage in your Hadoop cluster, you should keep in mind that using centralized storage defeats the whole purpose of using HDFS. If you want to use it as a copy of your HDFS filesystem contents for other purposes than running map-reduce jobs or HBase I think there are better places to ask this question than this list. Eric 2011/1/1 Peter Veentjer > Hi Guys, > > we are currently using the EMC Centera device for long term document > archiving and are looking for another EMC solution, but now storing for > HBase and HDFS content (which we also want to access directly for other > purposes). What kind of EMC specific hardware is best fitted for this job > (if there is any). And if there is no such hardware from EMC, is there > other > suggested hardware or suggestions for custom made configurations? > > Thanks > --001485f1e2d46379810498cc7adb--