I think that would be a bit too rude. The datanode scans the data partition when it comes up. Better to give it the benefit of a bounce so that it can inform the name node of the new state of affairs.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Michael Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > Will the > running datanode process pick up the fact that an entire partition goes > missing and reappears empty a few minutes later? > > Or would it be better to at least shut off the datanode process in this > scenerio? > -- Ted Dunning, CTO DeepDyve
