HDFS is a really a filesystem on top of a traditional filesystem. HDFS is just a folder with files in it (and this may occur on each node in your hadoop cluster). On 19 Aug 2014 08:42, "Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Since Cassandra doesn't store it's data in HDFS, is it possible to install > Cassandra on the same boxes that are running Hadoop? What I'm really asking > is, does HDFS just take over the entire disk or just a segment? Is there > something I'm missing in the understanding of HDFS? I've been thinking > about it like DOS. Is that an incorrect analogy? > > > > Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA > Principal > Mass Street Analytics > 913.938.6685 > www.linkedin.com/in/bobwakefieldmba > Twitter: @BobLovesData >
