Commands for configuring storage policies

Depending on your requirements, use the hdfs storagepolicy sub-commands to set storage policies or list the storage policies applied on a file or a directory.

Setting storage policies

Command: hdfs storagepolicies -setStoragePolicy -path <path> -policy <policyName>

Argument	Description
<path>	The path to a directory or file.
<policyName>	The name of the storage policy.

Listing storage policies

Command: hdfs storagepolicies -getStoragePolicy -path <path>

Argument	Description
<path>	The path to a directory or file.