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Todd Lipcon commented on HDFS-2631: ----------------------------------- I'm a little confused: why is this a good idea? Seems like it's likely to end up much slower than the current implementation. I'd prefer it as another option, rather than a "rewrite". > Rewrite fuse-dfs to use the webhdfs protocol > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-2631 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2631 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: contrib/fuse-dfs > Reporter: Eli Collins > Assignee: Jaimin D Jetly > > We should port the implementation of fuse-dfs to use the webhdfs protocol. > This has a number of benefits: > * Compatibility - allows a single fuse client to work across server versions > * Works with both WebHDFS and Hoop since they are protocol compatible > * Removes the overhead related to libhdfs (forking a jvm) > * Makes it easier to support features like security -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira