1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving metadata information associated with data stored within a distributed file system having a namespace, the namespace maintaining a hierarchy of files and directories associated with the stored data; creating a secondary namespace within a local file system using the metadata information, a hierarchy of files and directories in the secondary namespace corresponding to the hierarchy of files and directories in the namespace of the distributed file system; and creating an image of the secondary namespace when a request to create an image of the distributed file system is received, the image of the secondary namespace created using an image creation feature of the local file system.