You define the HDFS server location, name, and user name in system properties. The operator can select to store the documents that B2B Data Exchange processes through the endpoint in HDFS in the File Receive or Managed Transfer File endpoint properties. For Managed File Transfer endpoints, the option is relevant only for incoming files. B2B Data Exchange copies the file to HDFS in the background after the endpoint processes the file, which does not affect the processing performance.

You can change the HDFS version to which B2B Data Exchange connects based on the installed HDFS version.