Ok,
Here's the thing...
1) When building the cluster, you want to be consistent.
2) Location of $HADOOP_HOME is configurable. So you can place it anywhere.
Putting the software in two different locations isn't a good idea because you
now have to set it up with a unique configuration per node.
It would be faster and make your life a lot easier by putting the software in
the same location on *all* machines.
So my suggestion would be to bite the bullet and rebuild your cluster.
HTH
-Mike
> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:47:45 +0530
> Subject: Re: Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in
> cluster ?
> From: praveen...@gmail.com
> To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org
>
> What I mean to say is, Does hadoop internally assumes that all
> installations on each nodes need to be in same location.
> I was having hadoop installed on different location on 2 different nodes.
> I configured hadoop config files to be a part of same cluster.
> But when I started hadoop on master, I saw it was also searching for
> hadoop starting scripts in the same location as of master.
> Do we have any workaround in these kind of situation or do I have to
> reinstall hadoop again on same location as master.
>
> Thanks,
> Praveenesh
>
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Michael Segel
> <michael_se...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Sure,
> > You could do that, but in doing so, you will make your life a living hell.
> > Literally.
> >
> > Think about it... You will have to manually manage each nodes config
> > files...
> >
> > So if something goes wrong you will have a hard time diagnosing the issue.
> >
> > Why make life harder?
> >
> > Why not just do the simple think and make all of your DN the same?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 23, 2011, at 6:51 AM, "praveenesh kumar" <praveen...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> When installing hadoop on slave machines, do we have to install hadoop
> >> at same locations on each machine ?
> >> Can we have hadoop installation at different location on different
> >> machines at same cluster ?
> >> If yes, what things we have to take care in that case
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Praveenesh
