Hi, This is along the lines of https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-10367
Since we have draining mode, should we not in the meantime at least replace the balancer stop/start step in graceful_stop.sh with simply setting the draining mode for the server? This would less impact any other balancer work. BTW, I tried on 1.3 to figure the state of the balancer handling the draining mode flag for a node, and it seems to do the right thing (see https://www.evernote.com/l/ACHWQmzwekZN9LIVcInLjviefhwngwuhqJE) - are there any concerns that it does not? Enis (and Stack in the original JIRA) mentioned something about it only being implemented in one part, but not the other? Cheers, Lars
