DFSClient#create() allows you to pass favored nodes. Does that serve your needs ?
> On Jul 19, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Shiyao Ma <i...@introo.me> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'd like to put my data selectively on some datanodes. > > Currently I can do that by shutting down un-needed datanodes. But this is a > little laborsome. > > Is it possible to directly specify the datanodes I'd like to put the data on > when doing operations like: hdfs dfs -put / > > > TIA. > > -- > > 吾輩は猫である。ホームーページはhttps://introo.me。
