On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:20 AM, John Martyniak <[email protected] > wrote:
> > Can the NameNode/DataNode & JobTracker/TaskTracker run on a server that > isn't part of the "cluster" meaning I would like to run it on a machine that > wouldn't participate in the processing of data, and wouldn't participate in > the HDFS data sharing, and would solely focus on the NameNode/DataNode & > JobTracker/TaskTracker tasks. > > Yes, running the NN and the JT on servers that don't also run TT/DN is very common and recommended for clusters of more than maybe 5 nodes. -Todd
