I think its fine to keep it so long as you also monitor the nodes for issues during heavy load times and tweak slave configs appropriately when some resource is overused.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, David Parks <[email protected]> wrote: > I want 20 servers, I got 7, so I want to make the most of the 7 I have. Each > of the 7 servers have: 24GB of ram, 4TB, and 8 cores. > > > > Would it be terribly unwise of me to Run such a configuration: > > > > · Server #1: NameNode + Master + TaskTracker(reduced > slots) > > · Server #2: CheckpointNode(aka Secondary Name Node) + > TaskTracker(slightly reduced slots) > > · Server #3: TaskTracker > > · Server #4: TaskTracker > > · Server #5: TaskTracker > > · Server #6: TaskTracker > > · Server #7: TaskTracker > > > > Did I miss anything? Did I shoot myself in the foot anywhere? > > > > -- Harsh J
