I think you may need to read more about how HDFS stores data. here is the basic definition http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/hdfs_design.html#NameNode+and+DataNodes
by definition hdfs never stores and files (your data) on the namenode. It stores the files etc on hdfs and the metadata related to those files are stored on namenode On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Manickam P <manicka...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi experts, > > In hive While we load files into tables will it be stored in master node > only? or will it use data nodes also for HDFS storage? > > Please clarify. > > > Thanks, > Manickam P > -- Nitin Pawar
