It is really different from what you said that on my cluster, and
performing format command will not destroy the file system. And if I do
not perform format command on datanode, the datanode will not be able to
find my the master.
Hopefully anybody can tell me the reason.


Konstantin Shvachko 写道:
> You just start the new data-node as the cluster is running using
> bin/hadoop datanode
> The configuration on the new data-node should be the same as on other nodes.
> The data-node should join the cluster automatically.
> Formatting will destroy your file system.
>
> --Konstantin
>
> David Wei wrote:
>   
>> Well, in my cluster, I do this:
>> 1. Adding new machines into conf/slaves on master machine
>> 2. On the new nodes, run format command
>> 3. Back to master, run start-all.sh
>> 4. Run start-balancer.sh , still on master
>>
>> Then I got the new nodes inside my cluster and no need to reboot the
>> whole system.
>>
>> Hopefully this will help. ;=)
>>
>>
>> Ski Gh3 写道:
>>     
>>> I'm not sure I get this.
>>> 1. If you format the filesystem (which I thought is usually executed
>>> on the master node, but anyway)
>>> don't you erase all your data?
>>> 2. I guess I need to add the new machine to the conf/slaves file,
>>> but then I run the start-all.sh again from the master node while my
>>> cluster is already running?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:59 PM, David Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     this is quite easy. U can just config your new datanodes as others
>>>     and format the filesystem before u start it.
>>>     Remember to make it ssh-able for your master and run
>>>     ./bin/start-all.sh on the master machine if you want to start all
>>>     the deamons. This will start and add the new datanodes to the
>>>     up-and-running cluster.
>>>
>>>     hopefully my info will be help.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Ski Gh3 写道:
>>>
>>>         hi,
>>>
>>>         I am wondering how to add more datanodes to an up-and-running
>>>         hadoop
>>>         instance?
>>>         Couldn't find instructions on this from the wiki page.
>>>
>>>         Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>
>>     
>
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