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Using Hive To Query Hadoop Files

Hive uses different classes to read and write HDFS files in different formats like plain text or SequenceFile format. By default, Hive stores data files in the /user/hive/warehouse folder on HDFS but you can specify a custom location. The Hive metastore contains metadata about tables and partitions while the actual table data is stored in the data warehouse location on HDFS or other storage systems.

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Using Hive To Query Hadoop Files

Hive uses different classes to read and write HDFS files in different formats like plain text or SequenceFile format. By default, Hive stores data files in the /user/hive/warehouse folder on HDFS but you can specify a custom location. The Hive metastore contains metadata about tables and partitions while the actual table data is stored in the data warehouse location on HDFS or other storage systems.

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Topic : Using Hive to query Hadoop files

Following classes are used by Hive to read and write HDFS files

•TextInputFormat/HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat: These 2 classes read/write data in plain


text file format.

•SequenceFileInputFormat/SequenceFileOutputFormat: These 2 classes read/write data in


hadoop SequenceFile format.

Where Does Hive Stores Data Files in HDFS?

Hive stores data at the HDFS location /user/hive/warehouse folder if not specified
a folder using the LOCATION clause while creating a table. Hive is a data
warehouse database for Hadoop, all database and table data files are stored at
HDFS location /user/hive/warehouse by default, you can also store the Hive data
warehouse files either in a custom location on HDFS, S3, or any other Hadoop
compatible file systems.
When you are working with Hive, you need to know about 2 different data stores.

• Hive Metastore
• Hive Data warehouse Location (Where Actual table data stored)

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