HttpFS for CDH3 – The Hadoop FileSystem over HTTP by Alejandro Abdelnur
From the post:
HttpFS is an HTTP gateway/proxy for Hadoop FileSystem implementations. HttpFS comes with CDH4 and replaces HdfsProxy (which only provided read access). Its REST API is compatible with WebHDFS (which is included in CDH4 and the upcoming CDH3u5).
HttpFs is a proxy so, unlike WebHDFS, it does not require clients be able to access every machine in the cluster. This allows clients to to access a cluster that is behind a firewall via the WebHDFS REST API. HttpFS also allows clients to access CDH3u4 clusters via the WebHDFS REST API.
Given the constant interest we’ve seen by CDH3 users in Hoop, we have backported Apache Hadoop HttpFS to work with CDH3.
Another step in the evolution of Hadoop.
And another name change. (Hoop to HttpFS)
Not that changing names would confuse any techie types. Or their search engines. 😉
I wonder if Hadoop is a long tail community? Thoughts?