MapR FUSE-Based POSIX Client

The MapR FUSE-based POSIX Client allows app servers, web servers, and other client nodes and apps to read and write data directly and securely to a MapR cluster like a Linux filesystem.

The FUSE-based MapR POSIX client runs as a userspace process to connect to one or more MapR clusters. The necessary FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) library (libfuse) is bundled with POSIX client package. With the installation of the POSIX client package, the MapR POSIX client performs operations like read and write on the filesystem exposed by FUSE. The following diagram illustrates how the MapR FUSE-based POSIX client works.

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

MapR POSIX Loopback NFS Client MapR FUSE-based POSIX Basic/Platinum Client
Client OS Supported Linux and Ubuntu distributions only. Supported Linux and Ubuntu distributions only.
Installs On Node Type
  • Client node
  • Cluster node
  • Client node
  • Cluster node
Access to Cluster Must have direct network access to all MapR cluster nodes. Must have direct network access to all MapR cluster nodes. However, each client only supports up to 16 clusters.
Connection to File System
  • Proxied on host to regular MapR client traffic
  • Direct, no NFS gateway
  • No single point of failure
  • Proxied on host to regular MapR client traffic
  • Direct, no NFS gateway
  • No single point of failure
Security Fully secured. Fully secured.