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Dave Revell updated HADOOP-8528:
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Summary: Add pure java snappy as an option (was: Consider using java
snappy instead of native)
Per Todd, changed title to "Add pure java snappy as an option"
> Add pure java snappy as an option
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> Key: HADOOP-8528
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8528
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Wish
> Reporter: Dave Revell
> Priority: Minor
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> Using native libs for snappy has some disadvantages:
> - Requires libhadoop and libsnappy to be installed on servers, test
> machines, and any server running a minicluster with a SNAPPY CF
> - Requires configuration of java.library.path
> - Complicates the POM
> A pure java implementation of snappy is available, ASL2 licensed:
> http://code.google.com/p/snappy-java/ . Benchmarks versus native snappy are
> available: https://github.com/ning/jvm-compressor-benchmark/wiki
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