In CDP Private Cloud Base, you can change the storage of temporary table data to meet your
system requirements.
By default, Apache Hive stores temporary table data in the default user scratch
directory /tmp/hive-<username>. Often, this location is not set up by default to
accommodate a large amount of data such as that resulting from temporary tables.CDP Data
Center only
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Configure Hive to store temporary table data in memory or on SSD by setting
hive.exec.temporary.table.storage.
- Store data in memory.
hive.exec.temporary.table.storage=memory
- Store data on SSD.
hive.exec.temporary.table.storage=ssd
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Create and use temporary tables.
Hive drops temporary tables at the end of the session.
