Yes, the structure is similar. They're both XML log files documenting the same set of data, just in different ways.
That's a really cool idea though, to combine them. How exactly would I go about doing that? -----Original Message----- From: L [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Multiple Input Paths Mark, Is the structure of both files the same? It makes even more sense to combine the files, if you can, as I have seen a considerable speed up when I've done that (at least when I've had small files to deal with). Lajos Mark Vigeant wrote: > Hey, quick question: > > I'm writing a program that parses data from 2 different files and puts the > data into a table. Currently I have 2 different map functions and so I submit > 2 separate jobs to the job client. Would it be more efficient to add both > paths to the same mapper and only submit one job? Thanks a lot! > > Mark Vigeant > RiskMetrics Group, Inc. > --
