With 0.7.1 hive allows for grants on tables and some ability to restrict table alterations. What shortcomings are compensated for with multiple instances versus those?
Thanks, Ranjith On May 13, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Vinod Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, security is one of the motivation. As hive is weak on security, keeping > separate warehouses makes the data secure. > > Thanks, > Vinod > > http://blog.vinodsingh.com/ > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Ranjith <[email protected]> > wrote: > Given that hive has the concept of multiple databases to categorize objects. > What is the motivation behind having multiple hive instances? I am curious > here.......is it for security? > > Thanks, > Ranjith > > On May 13, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Vinod Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That if perfectly fine. Even each user can have their own warehouse >> directory. >> >> Thanks, >> Vinod >> >> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Xiaobo Gu <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If we set different hive.metastore.warehouse.dir for the different >> Hive instances, it this ok, does them conflict with other resouces, >> such as directory paths under /tmp? >> >> Regards, >> >> Xiaobo Gu >> >
