diff --git a/charts/accumulo/templates/accumulo-manager-deployment.yaml b/charts/accumulo/templates/accumulo-manager-deployment.yaml
index f13ae3e7924..6964acb10f8 100644
--- a/charts/accumulo/templates/accumulo-manager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/accumulo/templates/accumulo-manager-deployment.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ spec:
           INSTANCE_EXISTS=false
           
           # Use ListInstances to check ZooKeeper (works with Java 17)
-          if /opt/accumulo/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "{{ .Values.accumulo.instance.name }}"; then
+          # Match instance name with quotes to avoid false positives from ZooKeeper hostname
+          if /opt/accumulo/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "\"{{ .Values.accumulo.instance.name }}\""; then
             echo "✓ Accumulo instance '{{ .Values.accumulo.instance.name }}' already exists in ZooKeeper"
             INSTANCE_EXISTS=true
             
diff --git a/charts/accumulo/templates/alluxio-worker-daemonset.yaml b/charts/accumulo/templates/alluxio-worker-daemonset.yaml
index 7eaaea74d1a..f239381857c 100644
--- a/charts/accumulo/templates/alluxio-worker-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/accumulo/templates/alluxio-worker-daemonset.yaml
@@ -61,26 +61,15 @@ spec:
             sleep 5
           done
 
-          # Set worker hostname to FQDN for Kubernetes DNS resolution
-          WORKER_FQDN="${POD_NAME}.{{ include "accumulo.fullname" . }}-alluxio-worker.${POD_NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local"
-          echo "Setting Alluxio worker hostname to: ${WORKER_FQDN}"
+          # Worker hostname is set via ALLUXIO_WORKER_HOSTNAME environment variable
+          echo "Alluxio worker hostname: ${ALLUXIO_WORKER_HOSTNAME}"
+          echo "Alluxio job worker hostname: ${ALLUXIO_JOB_WORKER_HOSTNAME}"
           
-          # Export as environment variables for Alluxio to pick up
-          export ALLUXIO_WORKER_HOSTNAME="${WORKER_FQDN}"
-          export ALLUXIO_JOB_WORKER_HOSTNAME="${WORKER_FQDN}"
-          
-          # Add to alluxio-site.properties dynamically
-          cat >> /opt/alluxio/conf/alluxio-site.properties <<EOF
-alluxio.worker.hostname=${WORKER_FQDN}
-alluxio.job.worker.hostname=${WORKER_FQDN}
-EOF
-    
           # Create directories
-          mkdir -p /opt/ramdisk
           mkdir -p /opt/alluxio/logs
 
-          # Mount ramdisk for memory tier
-          mount -t tmpfs -o size={{ .Values.alluxio.properties.alluxio.worker.memory.size }} tmpfs /opt/ramdisk
+          # Note: /opt/ramdisk is already mounted as emptyDir with medium: Memory
+          # No need to manually mount tmpfs
 
           # Start worker
           /opt/alluxio/bin/alluxio-start.sh worker
@@ -134,6 +123,10 @@ EOF
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         - name: ALLUXIO_MASTER_HOSTNAME
           value: {{include "accumulo.fullname" .}}-alluxio-master
+        - name: ALLUXIO_WORKER_HOSTNAME
+          value: "$(POD_NAME).{{ include "accumulo.fullname" . }}-alluxio-worker.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local"
+        - name: ALLUXIO_JOB_WORKER_HOSTNAME
+          value: "$(POD_NAME).{{ include "accumulo.fullname" . }}-alluxio-worker.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local"
         {{- if eq .Values.storage.provider "s3" }}
         - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
           valueFrom:
@@ -173,7 +166,7 @@ EOF
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.alluxio.worker.resources | nindent 10 }}
         securityContext:
-          privileged: true  # Required for mounting tmpfs
+          privileged: false
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /
diff --git a/charts/accumulo/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/accumulo/templates/configmap.yaml
index f9583eb1b3e..06ab48f6fab 100644
--- a/charts/accumulo/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/accumulo/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ data:
   alluxio-site.properties: |
     # Alluxio configuration for Accumulo storage (Worker)
     ## Worker configuration
-    alluxio.master.hostname={{ include "accumulo.fullname" . }}-alluxio-master
-    alluxio.master.rpc.port=19998
-    alluxio.master.web.port=19999
+    #alluxio.master.hostname={{ include "accumulo.fullname" . }}-alluxio-master
+    #alluxio.master.rpc.port=19998
+    #alluxio.master.web.port=19999
     # Worker hostname will be set via ALLUXIO_WORKER_HOSTNAME environment variable in deployment
     alluxio.worker.bind.host=0.0.0.0
     alluxio.worker.port=29999
diff --git a/docker/accumulo/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/accumulo/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 16820f3a9f2..7bad66f022d 100755
--- a/docker/accumulo/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/accumulo/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ init_accumulo() {
   wait_for_service "$zk_host" "$zk_port" "ZooKeeper"
 
   # Check if instance already exists
-  if "$ACCUMULO_HOME"/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$ACCUMULO_INSTANCE_NAME"; then
+  # Match instance name with quotes to avoid false positives from ZooKeeper hostname
+  if "$ACCUMULO_HOME"/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "\"$ACCUMULO_INSTANCE_NAME\""; then
     echo "Accumulo instance '$ACCUMULO_INSTANCE_NAME' already exists"
   else
     echo "Initializing Accumulo instance '$ACCUMULO_INSTANCE_NAME'..."
diff --git a/scripts/validate-accumulo-init.sh b/scripts/validate-accumulo-init.sh
index 6c00418a92e..ac6aa114013 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-accumulo-init.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate-accumulo-init.sh
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ check_accumulo_init() {
   fi
   
   # Check if instance exists in ZooKeeper
-  if kubectl exec -n "$NAMESPACE" "$MANAGER_POD" -- /opt/accumulo/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$INSTANCE_NAME"; then
+  # Match instance name with quotes to avoid false positives from ZooKeeper hostname
+  if kubectl exec -n "$NAMESPACE" "$MANAGER_POD" -- /opt/accumulo/bin/accumulo org.apache.accumulo.server.util.ListInstances 2>/dev/null | grep -q "\"$INSTANCE_NAME\""; then
     validate_check "Accumulo instance '$INSTANCE_NAME' exists in ZooKeeper" "pass"
   else
     validate_check "Accumulo instance '$INSTANCE_NAME' NOT found in ZooKeeper" "fail"