Here is my SS: 259 71 2451 On May 26, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 26, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Purtell >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Perhaps it's time to consider consolidating these interfaces on a single >>> port, where they differ, and more generally re-embed REST into the >>> processes, like the recent Thrift server embedding in the RS? This would be >>> a new alternative to the current REST gateway that would function more like >>> HDFS httpfs: a client can contact any RS with a RESTful operation on a >>> table, and it will be redirected via the HTTP standard mechanism to the RS >>> actually hosting the target region. And beside such a client API, these >>> admin functions like 4368 and the JMX export over HTTP we inherit from >>> Hadoop core. >>> >> >> An integrated REST server could answer questions about the >> regionserver it was on. It could return list of regions and metrics >> for the server. +1. >> >> Would the REST server above that answer queries on the regionserver be >> the same as the REST server that we currently have which fields >> queries against hbase tables? They seem to be different things? > > If there is an embedded REST server in every RS it could serve admin > interfaces, or client interfaces, or both. There doesn't necessarily need be > a separate REST gateway, though having one makes sense. Asking the question. > > - Andy
