Just for clarity: are you using any type of virtualization (e.g. vmware, xen) or just running the DataNode java process on the same machine?
What is "fs.default.name" set to in your hadoop-site.xml? -Matt On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Stas Oskin <stas.os...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Is it possible to paste the output from the following command on both your > > DataNode and NameNode? > > > > % route -v -n > > > > Sure, here it is: > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.253.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > > > As you might recall, the problematic data node runs in same server as the > NameNode. > > Regards. >