Hi. Thanks for the advice.
Regards. 2009/5/26 Raghu Angadi <rang...@yahoo-inc.com> > Stas Oskin wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Thanks for the answer. >> >> Would up to 5 minute of handlers cause any issues? >> > > 5 min should not cause any issues.. > > And same about writing? >> > > writing is not affected by the couple of issues I mentioned. Writing over a > long time should work as well as writing over shorter time. > > Raghu. > > > Regards. >> >> 2009/5/26 Raghu Angadi <rang...@yahoo-inc.com> >> >> 'in.seek(); in.read()' is certainly better than, >>> 'in = fs.open(); in.seek(); in.read()' >>> >>> The difference is is exactly one open() call. So you would save an RPC to >>> NameNode. >>> >>> There are couple of issues that affect apps that keep the handlers open >>> very long time (many hours to days).. but those will be fixed soon. >>> >>> Raghu. >>> >>> >>> Stas Oskin wrote: >>> >>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I'm looking to find out, how the InputStream.open() + skip(), compares >>>> to >>>> keeping a handle of InputStream() and just seeking the position. >>>> >>>> Has anyone compared these approaches, and can advice on their speed? >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >