Thanks, I had thought I had a data node running on that machine but I didn't. If I setup a data node on the machine will HBase automagically move its files into Hadoop? (hope, hope).
Thanks again. -Pete -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean-Daniel Cryans Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Region Server on Data Node You don't have to, but it's best to do it. This will help you understanding why: http://www.larsgeorge.com/2010/05/hbase-file-locality-in-hdfs.html J-D On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Peter Haidinyak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > This might be a really dumb question but do you need to run a region server > on a machine that is being used as a Hadoop data node. If not, what are the > performance penalties? > > Thanks > > -Pete >
