diff --git a/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/data/file.py b/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/data/file.py
index 5cff0eaa660..d859a7832b4 100644
--- a/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/data/file.py
+++ b/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/data/file.py
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ def exists(path):
             invalidOperationError(False, str(ex), cause=ex)
         return True
     elif path.startswith("hdfs://"):
-        import pyarrow as pa
-        host_port = path.split("://")[1].split("/")[0].split(":")
-        classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
-                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-        os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
-        fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
-        return fs.exists(path)
+        cmd = 'hdfs dfs -test -e {}; echo $?'.format(path)
+        result = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        if result[0] == 0:
+            return result[1] == '0'
+        else:
+            invalidOperationError(False, result[1])
+        return False
     else:
         if path.startswith("file://"):
             path = path[len("file://"):]
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ def makedirs(path):
         classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
                                      stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
         os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
-        fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
+        if len(host_port) > 1:
+            fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
+        else:
+            fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0])
         return fs.mkdir(path)
     else:
         if path.startswith("file://"):
@@ -267,13 +270,13 @@ def is_file(path):
         except Exception as ex:
             invalidOperationError(False, str(ex), cause=ex)
     elif path.startswith("hdfs://"):
-        import pyarrow as pa
-        host_port = path.split("://")[1].split("/")[0].split(":")
-        classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
-                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-        os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
-        fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
-        return fs.isfile(path)
+        cmd = 'hdfs dfs -test -f {}; echo $?'.format(path)
+        result = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        if result[0] == 0:
+            return result[1] == '0'
+        else:
+            invalidOperationError(False, result[1])
+        return False
     else:
         if path.startswith("file://"):
             path = path[len("file://"):]
@@ -288,7 +291,10 @@ def put_local_dir_to_remote(local_dir, remote_dir):
         classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
                                      stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
         os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
-        fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
+        if len(host_port) > 1:
+            fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
+        else:
+            fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0])
         if not fs.exists(remote_dir):
             fs.mkdir(remote_dir)
         for file in os.listdir(local_dir):
@@ -369,20 +375,14 @@ def put_local_dir_tree_to_remote(local_dir, remote_dir):
 
 def put_local_file_to_remote(local_path, remote_path, filemode=None):
     if remote_path.startswith("hdfs"):  # hdfs://url:port/file_path
-        import pyarrow as pa
-        host_port = remote_path.split("://")[1].split("/")[0].split(":")
-        classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
-                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-        os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
         try:
-            fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
-            remote_dir = os.path.dirname(remote_path)
-            if not fs.exists(remote_dir):
-                fs.mkdir(remote_dir)
-            with open(local_path, "rb") as f:
-                fs.upload(remote_path, f)
+            cmd = 'hdfs dfs -put -f {} {}'.format(local_path, remote_path)
+            process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
+            process.wait()
             if filemode:
-                fs.chmod(remote_path, filemode)
+                chmod_cmd = 'hdfs dfs -chmod {} {}'.format(filemode, remote_path)
+                process = subprocess.Popen(chmod_cmd, shell=True)
+                process.wait()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("Cannot upload file {} to {}: error: "
                          .format(local_path, remote_path, str(e)))
diff --git a/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/learn/utils.py b/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/learn/utils.py
index 2c8e9f4777e..deb59d7d2ce 100644
--- a/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/learn/utils.py
+++ b/python/orca/src/bigdl/orca/learn/utils.py
@@ -469,14 +469,12 @@ def data_length(data):
 
 def save_pkl(data, path):
     if path.startswith("hdfs"):  # hdfs://url:port/file_path
-        import pyarrow as pa
-        host_port = path.split("://")[1].split("/")[0].split(":")
-        classpath = subprocess.Popen(["hadoop", "classpath", "--glob"],
-                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-        os.environ["CLASSPATH"] = classpath.decode("utf-8")
-        fs = pa.hdfs.connect(host=host_port[0], port=int(host_port[1]))
-        with fs.open(path, 'wb') as f:
+        import uuid
+        file_name = str(uuid.uuid1()) + ".pkl"
+        temp_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), file_name)
+        with open(temp_path, 'wb') as f:
             pickle.dump(data, f)
+        put_local_file_to_remote(temp_path, path)
     elif path.startswith("s3"):  # s3://bucket/file_path
         access_key_id = os.environ["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
         secret_access_key = os.environ["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"]