If I understand you correctly you can run "jps" and see the java jvm's running on each machine - that should tell you if you are running in pseudo mode or not.
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, kvorion <kveinst...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: kvorion <kveinst...@gmail.com> > Subject: About Hadoop pseudo distribution > To: core-u...@hadoop.apache.org > Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 12:02 PM > > Hi All, > > I have been trying to set up a hadoop cluster on a number > of machines, a few > of which are multicore machines. I have been wondering > whether the hadoop > pseudo distribution is something that can help me take > advantage of the > multiple cores on my machines. All the tutorials say that > the pseudo > distribution mode lets you start each daemon in a separate > java process. I > have the following configuration settings for > hadoop-site.xml: > > <property> > <name>fs.default.name</name> > <value>hdfs://athena:9000</value> > </property> > > <property> > <name>mapred.job.tracker</name> > <value>athena:9001</value> > </property> > > <property> > <name>dfs.replication</name> > <value>2</value> > </property> > > I am not sure if this is really running in the > pseudo-distribution mode. Are > there any indicators or outputs that confirm what mode you > are running in? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/About-Hadoop-pseudo-distribution-tp26322382p26322382.html > Sent from the Hadoop core-user mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > >
