[REEF-1953] Allow REEF.NET in local mode to use symlinks to data

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.16
• Component/s: REEF.NET Client
• Labels: performance
• Assignee: Rogan Carr
• Reporter: Rogan Carr
• Created: 07/Nov/17 05:12
• Updated: 07/Nov/17 22:24

Description

The REEF.NET client copies data and files around to simulate the process of running on a cluster. For running local applications, it would be much quicker to just use symbolic links rather than copy the data around.