Working with HDFS Snapshots

This blog gives an overview of HDFS snapshots and different operations that users / cluster administrators can perform related to HDFS snapshots. It also explains snapshot management through Cloudera Manager. Overview of HDFS Snapshots Snapshots are data backup for protection against user errors and disaster recovery. Snapshots can be taken on a sub-tree of […]

Cloudera Manager-Configuring Static Service Pools

This blog describes the configuration of static service pools through Cloudera Manager. It assumes that you have a cloudera cluster already running and you have read the previous blog related to concept of Cloudera Manager – cgroups and static service pools. Configuring Static Service Pools To configure, open the Configuration […]

Cloudera Manager – cgroups and static service pools

This blog describes the concept of cgroups and static service pools in Cloudera Manager. It assumes that you already have a cloudera cluster running. If not, then you can download a Cloudera Quick-Start VM from Cloudera. Defining cgroups Linux Control Groups (cgroups – abbreviated from control groups) is a Linux kernel feature that […]