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About MapR 6.1
This site contains the main documentation for Version 6.1 of the MapR Converged Data Platform, including installation, configuration, administration, and reference information.
6.1 Installation
This section contains information about installing and upgrading MapR software. It also contains information about how to migrate data and applications from an Apache Hadoop cluster to a MapR cluster.
6.1 MapR Data Platform
MapR Data Platform is the industry-leading data platform for AI and analytics that solves enterprise business needs.
6.1 Administration
This section describes how to manage the nodes and services that make up a cluster.
- Administering Users and Clusters
  Lists topics that help manage a MapR cluster.
- Administering Nodes
  Provides a synopsis of managing nodes in a cluster.
- Administering Volumes
  This section provide information about how to organize and manage data using volumes, a unique feature of MapR clusters.
- Administering Files and Directories
- Administering Tables
  Administration of the MapR Database is done primarily via the command line (maprcli) or with the Managed Control System (MCS). Regardless of whether the MapR Database table is used for binary files or JSON documents, the same types of commands are used with slightly different parameter options. MapR Database administration is associated with tables, columns and column families, and table regions.
- Administering Streams
- Administering MapR Gateways
  A MapR gateway mediates one-way communication between a source MapR cluster and a destination cluster. You can replicate MapR Database tables (binary and JSON) and MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka streams. MapR gateways also apply updates from JSON tables to their secondary indexes and propagate Change Data Capture (CDC) logs.
- Administering Services
  - Managing Services
    Synopsis on managing services.
  - Setting Up Central Configuration from the Command-Line
    Describes the concept of a central location where customized MapR configuration files for MapR services are stored.
  - Viewing CLDB Information
    Describes how to view CLDB information from the CLDB page, and provides an explanation of each field that the page displays.
  - Managing Drill
    Provides a short description on managing Drill services.
  - Managing the MapR NFS Service
    Provides an overview of managing the NFS service on a licensed cluster.
  - Managing MapR Data Platform POSIX Clients
    Provides a brief synopsis of MapR Data Platform POSIX clients.
    - MapR loopbacknfs POSIX Client
      Explains the differences between the MapR POSIX client and the Linux native NFS client.
    - MapR Data Platform FUSE-Based POSIX Client
      Provides a brief description of the FUSE-based POSIX client.
  - Managing the MAST Gateway
  - Configuring NodeManager Restart
  - Managing Jobs and Applications
- Monitoring the Cluster
  This section describes how to monitor the health and performance of a MapR cluster.
- Configuring Security
  Describes how to configure security and manage secure clusters.
- Managing Secure Clusters
  Provides procedures that will enable you to use MapR clusters securely.
- Administering the MapR Data Access Gateway
  The MapR Data Access Gateway is a service that acts as a proxy and gateway for translating requests between lightweight client applications and the MapR cluster. This section describes considerations when upgrading the service, how to modify configuration settings, and how to administer and manage the service.
- Planning for High Availability
- Administrator's Reference
  This section contains in-depth reference information for the administrator.
- Troubleshooting Cluster Administration
  Lists the common errors and their solutions.
- Best Practices for Backing Up MapR Information
  Lists the best practices and performance considerations to follow when backing up MapR information.
6.1 Development
This section contains information related to application development for Ezmeral ecosystem components and MapR Data Platform products, including the file system, Database (Key-Value and JSON), and Event Streams.
Other Docs
This section contains release-independent information, including: MapR Installer documentation, Ecosystem release notes, interoperability matrices, security vulnerabilities, and links to other MapR version documentation.
Glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

Managing MapR Data Platform POSIX Clients

Provides a brief synopsis of MapR Data Platform POSIX clients.

The MapR Data Platform POSIX clients allow app servers, web servers, and other client nodes and apps to read and write data directly and securely to a MapR Data Platform cluster. The following topics describe the steps for configuring and managing loopback NFS POSIX and FUSE-based POSIX clients.

Apart from the clients that are EOL, all others are supported. However, newer clients might have features that may not be supported in older clients.

Difference between the POSIX loopback NFS client and the FUSE-based POSIX Basic and Platinum clients

The following table summarizes the differences between the POSIX loopback NFS client and the FUSE-based POSIX Basic and Platinum clients:

	MapR Data Platform POSIX Loopback NFS Client	MapR Data Platform FUSE-based POSIX Basic/Platinum Client
Throughput	500MB/s for remote read/write 1G/s for local read/write	Greater than 2G/s for remote and local read/write
Client OS	Supported Linux and Ubuntu distributions only.
Installs On Node Type	Client node Cluster node
Access to Cluster	Must have direct network access to all MapR Data Platform cluster nodes.	Must have direct network access to all MapR Data Platform cluster nodes. However, each client only supports up to 16 clusters.
Connection to File System	Proxied on host to regular MapR Data Platform client traffic Direct, no NFS gateway No single point of failure
Security	Fully secured.
Caching	Buffered writes are cached in the kernel.	Buffered writes are cached (only in kernel >= 3.15) if writeback option is enabled.