Re: Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in cluster ?

2011-12-23 Thread J. Rottinghuis
and make your life a lot easier by putting the software > in the same location on *all* machines. > So my suggestion would be to bite the bullet and rebuild your cluster. > > HTH > > -Mike > > > > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:47:45 +0530 > > Subject: Re: Does hadoop instal

RE: Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in cluster ?

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Segel
n per node. It would be faster and make your life a lot easier by putting the software in the same location on *all* machines. So my suggestion would be to bite the bullet and rebuild your cluster. HTH -Mike > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:47:45 +0530 > Subject: Re: Does hadoop installa

Re: Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in cluster ?

2011-12-23 Thread praveenesh kumar
What I mean to say is, Does hadoop internally assumes that all installations on each nodes need to be in same location. I was having hadoop installed on different location on 2 different nodes. I configured hadoop config files to be a part of same cluster. But when I started hadoop on master, I sa

Re: Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in cluster ?

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Segel
Sure, You could do that, but in doing so, you will make your life a living hell. Literally. Think about it... You will have to manually manage each nodes config files... So if something goes wrong you will have a hard time diagnosing the issue. Why make life harder? Why not just do the simple t

Does hadoop installations need to be at same locations in cluster ?

2011-12-23 Thread praveenesh kumar
When installing hadoop on slave machines, do we have to install hadoop at same locations on each machine ? Can we have hadoop installation at different location on different machines at same cluster ? If yes, what things we have to take care in that case Thanks, Praveenesh