FW: Question about property fs.default.name

2011-07-23 Thread Mahesh Shinde
Hi, I have basic question on property fs.default.name is that I am not able to open NameNode URL when I set fs.default.name=file:/// . If we define not use HDFS as our file system then how hadoop deals with File system of local?.. Please reply. Mahesh Shinde | Systems Engineer

Re: FW: Question about property fs.default.name

2011-07-23 Thread Harsh J
Mahesh, The NameNode is a component of HDFS. It does not apply to other FSes Hadoop can use. You can browse file:/// (are you planning to use NFS, etc.?) with a regular file browser. Besides this, am not sure I even got your question. Why don't you try out how Hadoop deals with a local fs by

Re: FW: Question about property fs.default.name

2011-07-23 Thread Uma Maheswara Rao G 72686
Hi Mahesh, When starting the NN, it will throw exception with your provided configuration. please check the code snippet below where exactly validation will happen. in NameNode: public static InetSocketAddress getAddress(URI filesystemURI) { String authority =