How to mount HDFS using FUSE

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is a distributed, scalable filesystem developed as the back-end storage for data-intensive Hadoop applications. As such, HDFS was designed to handle very large files with "write-once-read-many" access model. Not being a full-fledged POSIX compliant filesystem, HDFS cannot be directly mounted by the operating system, and file accesses with HDFS are done via HDFS shell commands.Read more »

How to install HDFS and Hadoop using CDH3

Cloudera's Distribution (CDH) provides streamlined installation of Apache Hadoop via Cloudera Manager. Besides Apache Hadoop, CDH also allows installation of other components such as Hive, Pig, HBase, ZooKeeper, etc. in a modular fashion. The free edition of CDH Manager allows you to build and monitor a Hadoop cluster consisting of up to 50 nodes. Read more »