Thanks harsh..... On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Harsh J <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > WebHDFS is faster/scalable as it lets the client directly access a DN > to read off of, and hence requires that the client be able to access > all nodes of the HDFS cluster. The HttpFs (what hdfsproxy is now > 'called') is instead useful as a gateway service if clients are not > allowed to access all DN nodes of a given cluster. > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Visioner Sadak > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello experts could you judge whether webhdfs is fast or hdfsproxy is > fast, > > is hdfs proxy slower coz it uses https only or can we use http also in > > hdfsproxy, its also mentioned in this below link,could you guys throw > more > > light on advantages and disadvantages of both techniques...... > > > > > http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/hdfs/r0.21.0/hdfsproxy.html#Tomcat-based+Installation+and+Configuration > > in disadvantages section, > > > > > > > > Thanks.... > > > > -- > Harsh J >
