Hi, Thanks for your response. Actually I want to use it with Berkeley Db java ed. [bdbj]. BDBJ only uses appends to create its db so I though using hadoop would be a viable option considering the scalability requirements I'm facing.
Cheers, AliS > Hi Ali, > >>From what I know, there are quite a few applications that need > append-to-exisiting-file feature. Since there is a demand for it, HDFS > will > probably implement it in the near future. I do not know of precise > time-frames yet. > > Do you have an application that requires appending-writes to files. If so, > it will be helpful to understand the type and behaviour of this > application. > > Thanks, > dhruba > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ali Salehi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: HDFS, appending-writes status > > Hi, > > While I was reading the HDFS docs from the wiki, I bump into this > sentence: > > "There is a plan to support appending-writes to a file in future" > > I would like to know, if possible, what is the time line for implementing > this future. > > > Cheers, > AliS > > > ************************************************************** > Ali Salehi, LSIR - Distributed Information Systems Laboratory > EPFL-IC-IIF-LSIR, Bâtiment BC, Station 14, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. > http://lsirwww.epfl.ch/ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +41-21-6936656 Fax: +41-21-6938115 > > ************************************************************** Ali Salehi, LSIR - Distributed Information Systems Laboratory EPFL-IC-IIF-LSIR, Bâtiment BC, Station 14, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. http://lsirwww.epfl.ch/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +41-21-6936656 Fax: +41-21-6938115
