Re: scp to namenode faster than dfs put?

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thanks for the replies. So looks like replication might be the real
overhead when compared to scp.

> Also dfs put copies multiple replicas unlike scp.
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> Lohit
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> On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:03 AM, "叶双明" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Actually, No.
> As you said, I understand that "dfs -put" breaks the data into blocksand
> then copies to datanodes,
> but scp do not breaks the data into blocksand , and just copy the data to
> the namenode!
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> 2008/9/17, Prasad Pingali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Hello,
>  I observe that scp of data to the namenode is faster than actually
> putting
> into dfs (all nodes coming from same switch and have same ethernet cards,
> homogenous nodes)? I understand that "dfs -put" breaks the data into
> blocks
> and then copies to datanodes, but shouldn't that be atleast as fast as
> copying data to namenode from a single machine, if not faster?
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> thanks and regards,
> Prasad Pingali,
> IIIT Hyderabad.
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