I have lots of hive Tables stored in my HDFS on a Test Cluster with 5 nodes. The Data should be around 70 Gb \* 3 (Replipication). No i want to transfer the whole setup to a different environment with much more nodes. A Network Connection between the two Clusters is not possible. 

The thing is that i dont have much time with the new Cluster and also no possibilities to Test the Transfering with an other Test environment. Therefore i need a solid plan. :)

What options do i have?

How can i transfer the hive setup with a minimum of configuration effort on the new cluster?

Is it possible to just copy the hdfs directorys of the 5 Nodes to 5 Nodes of the new Cluster, then add the rest of the nodes to the new cluster and start the balancer?