Transfer file out from HDFS

Question

I want to transfer files out from HDFS to local filesystem of a different server which is not in hadoop cluster but in the network.

I could have done:

Answer 1

I think simplest solution would be network mount or SSHFS to simulate local file server directory locally.
You also can mount FTP as a local directory: http://www.linuxnix.com/2011/03/mount-ftp-server-linux.html