Re: Can we write output directly to HDFS from Mapper

[Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com>]

Anand,

You may read this in the FAQ:
http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/FAQ#Can_I_write_create.2BAC8-write-to_hdfs_files_directly_from_map.2BAC8-reduce_tasks.3F

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Balaraman, Anand
<An...@syntelinc.com> wrote:
> Hi
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> In Map-Reduce, is it appropriate to write the output directly to HDFS from
> Mapper (without using a reducer) ?
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> Are there any adverse effects in doing so or are there any best practices to
> be followed in this aspect ?
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> Comments are much appreciable at the moment J
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> Thanks and Regards
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> Anand B
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Harsh J