Qian, By definition pseudo-distributed means "fake distributed". If you want run hadoop on multiple nodes it IS a distributed cluster. Follow the normal cluster setup documentation.
http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.20.1/cluster_setup.html Thank you, Edward On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Huang Qian <skysw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just want to simulate a cluster with Hadoop on my laptop, so I chose the > pseudo-distribute mode. The example is running well, but now I just want to > test getting date from different machines. Unfortunately, I have not found > anything on that topic yet. Can Hadoop fit my needs under pseudo-distribute > mode? Thank you all~ > > All the best > Qian >