[HADOOP-3246] FTP client over HDFS

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.16.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.18.0
• Component/s: util
• Release Note: Introduced an FTPFileSystem backed by Apache Commons FTPClient to directly store data into HDFS.
• Assignee: Ankur Bansal
• Reporter: Ankur Bansal
• Created: 14/Apr/08 10:50
• Updated: 26/Jul/16 19:50
• Resolved: 29/May/08 20:39

Description

An FTP client that stores content directly into HDFS allows data from FTP serves to be stored directly into HDFS instead of first copying the data locally and then uploading it into HDFS. The benefits are apparent from an administrative perspective as large datasets can be pulled from FTP servers with minimal human intervention.