What files do you expect to be storing? Generally speaking, HDFS (Hadoop's distributed file system) does not handle small files very efficiently. Instead it's optimized for large files, upwards of 64MB each.
Alex On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:41 AM, David C. Kerber < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi - > > I'm a complete newbie to hadoop, and am wondering if it's appropriate for > configuring a bunch of older machines that have no other use, for use as a > storage cluster on an otherwise windows network, so that my windows clients > see their combined disk space as a single large share? > > If so, will I need additional software to let the windows clients see them > (like Samba does for a single machine)? We don't have a lot of linux > experience in our office, but probably enough to get this going if it's not > too complex; mostly with Ubuntu and Fedora. > > If hadoop isn't well-suited to this use, or there is something better, I'm > open to suggestions.... > > Thanks > ---------------------------------- > David Kerber > Warren Rogers Associates > (800)-972-7472 x-111 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.WarrenRogersAssociates.com > ---------------------------------- >
