Hi, I wrote up a small article about, that works in some installations I managed. http://mapredit.blogspot.com/2011/11/nfs-exported-hdfs-cdh3.html
I would suggest to use NFS4, if available in your distro. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Stuti Awasthi <stutiawas...@hcl.com> wrote: > Hey Joey, > Thanks for update :). I will try both as you have suggested . > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joey Echeverria [mailto:j...@cloudera.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:25 PM > To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Re: Best option for mounting HDFS > > Hey Stuti, > > Fuse is probably the most commonly used solution. It has some limitations > because HDFS isn't posix compliant, but it it works for a lot of use cases. > You can try out both the contrib driver and the google code version. I'm > not sure which will work better for your Hadoop version. Newer Hadoop > releases have a lot of fuse related improvements. > > -Joey > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Alexander C.H. Lorenz < > wget.n...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi Stuti, > > I have good experience with FUSE (http://fuse.sourceforge.net/), but > > thats not a recommandation. > > - alex > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Stuti Awasthi <stutiawas...@hcl.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Friends , > >> Any thoughts on this ?? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Stuti Awasthi > >> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:51 PM > >> To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org > >> Subject: Best option for mounting HDFS > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I was looking at various options available to mount HDFS on unix > >> boxes. I found following option on wiki page. > >> * contrib/fuse-dfs is built on fuse, some C glue, libhdfs and the > >> hadoop-dev.jar > >> > >> * fuse-j-hdfs is built on fuse, fuse for java, and the hadoop-dev.jar > >> > >> * hdfs-fuse - a google code project is very similar to > >> contrib/fuse-dfs > >> > >> * webdav - hdfs exposed as a webdav resource > >> > >> * mapR - contains a closed source hdfs compatible file system that > >> supports read/write NFS access > >> > >> I tried webdav but then its integration problem with LDAP. In my > >> scenario I wanted to mount HDFS and apply LDAP authentication over that > mount point. > >> I wanted to know out of the above , which will work best for this > >> scenario. > >> Please Suggest > >> > >> Stuti > >> > >> ::DISCLAIMER:: > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential > >> and intended for the named recipient(s) only. > >> It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its > >> affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely > >> those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of > >> HCL or its affiliates. > >> Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, > >> modification, distribution and / or publication of this message > >> without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is > >> strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please > >> delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail > >> and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexander Lorenz > > http://mapredit.blogspot.com > > P Think of the environment: please don't print this email unless you > > really need to. > > > > > > > > -- > Joseph Echeverria > Cloudera, Inc. > 443.305.9434 > -- Alexander Lorenz http://mapredit.blogspot.com *P **Think of the environment: please don't print this email unless you really need to.*
