Since I am just a beginner at Hadoop and Hbase I cannot really tell whether an exception is a "real" one or just a "hint" - but exceptions always look scary... :-) Anyways, when I did cut the allowed heap for the server and the test class both down to 2GB. In this case I just get following (not too optimistic) results... Well, I post all the log I think that might be necessary since I cannot say which exception is important and which one not.
...and again, thanks a lot for your help: It is highly appreciated!

Cheers,
Holger

test case log: (nothing (!) deleted between 00:04:14 and 00:09:01)
-------------

07/11/09 00:03:31 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:03:34 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:03:35 INFO mapred.JobClient:  map 100% reduce 83%
07/11/09 00:03:37 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:03:59 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:04:02 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:04:05 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:04:08 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:04:11 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:04:14 INFO mapred.LocalJobRunner: reduce > reduce
07/11/09 00:09:01 WARN mapred.LocalJobRunner: job_local_1
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: timed out waiting for rpc response
       at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:484)
       at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Invoker.invoke(RPC.java:184)
       at $Proxy1.batchUpdate(Unknown Source)
       at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTable.commit(HTable.java:724)
       at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTable.commit(HTable.java:701)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapred.TableOutputFormat$TableRecordWriter.write(TableOutputFormat.java:89) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapred.TableOutputFormat$TableRecordWriter.write(TableOutputFormat.java:63) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$2.collect(ReduceTask.java:308)
       at TriplesTest$TestReducer.reduce(TriplesTest.java:77)
       at TriplesTest$TestReducer.reduce(TriplesTest.java:51)
       at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.run(ReduceTask.java:326)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.run(LocalJobRunner.java:164)
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Job failed!
       at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient.runJob(JobClient.java:831)
       at TriplesTest.run(TriplesTest.java:156)
       at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
       at TriplesTest.main(TriplesTest.java:162)




master log:
-----------

2007-11-09 00:04:10,948 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: updating row triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/iccd/HeydariP01a,1194566644908 in table .META.,,1 with startcode -7685273460109660997 and server 127.0.1.1:50446 2007-11-09 00:04:13,898 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 8 on 50446, call batchUpdate(triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/dac/SharmaJ93,1194566613933, 9223372036854775807, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) from 127.0.1.1:45771: error: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NotServingRegionException: triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/dac/SharmaJ93,1194566613933 org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NotServingRegionException: triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/dac/SharmaJ93,1194566613933 at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer.getRegion(HRegionServer.java:1325) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer.getRegion(HRegionServer.java:1297) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer.startUpdate(HRegionServer.java:1238) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer.batchUpdate(HRegionServer.java:1113)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:379)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:596)
2007-11-09 00:04:15,296 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:04:15,302 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:04:21,136 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:04:21,157 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: Deleting region triples,,1194566426117 because daughter splits no longer hold references 2007-11-09 00:04:21,234 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:04:21,234 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:05:15,297 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegion: Optional flush called 10 times when data present without flushing. Forcing one. 2007-11-09 00:05:15,317 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:05:15,434 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:05:21,157 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:05:21,276 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:05:21,276 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:06:15,338 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:06:15,395 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:06:21,185 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:06:21,197 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:06:21,197 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:07:15,358 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:07:15,470 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:07:21,209 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:07:21,292 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:07:21,292 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:08:15,379 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:08:15,495 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:08:21,229 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:08:21,292 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:08:21,292 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:09:15,400 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:09:15,463 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:09:21,251 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:09:21,263 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:09:21,263 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:10:05,931 WARN org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 3 on 50446, call batchUpdate(triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/iccd/HeydariP01a,1194566644908, 9223372036854775807, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) from 127.0.1.1:45778: output error
java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException
at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureWriteOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:126)
   at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:324)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.SocketChannelOutputStream.flushBuffer(SocketChannelOutputStream.java:108) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.SocketChannelOutputStream.write(SocketChannelOutputStream.java:89) at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65)
   at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:123)
   at java.io.DataOutputStream.flush(DataOutputStream.java:106)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:615)
2007-11-09 00:10:15,436 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:10:15,441 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scan of meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:10:21,271 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:10:21,427 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scan of meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} complete 2007-11-09 00:10:21,427 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: all meta regions scanned 2007-11-09 00:10:21,445 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegion: starting compaction on region triples,http://dblp.l3s.de/d2r/resource/publications/conf/iccd/HeydariP01a,1194566644908 2007-11-09 00:10:38,731 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer$SplitOrCompactChecker: RegionServer:0.splitOrCompactChecker exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,731 FATAL org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer: Set stop flag in RegionServer:0.splitOrCompactChecker
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ImmutableBytesWritable.readFields(ImmutableBytesWritable.java:111) at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.getCurrentValue(SequenceFile.java:1629)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1712)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.MapFile$Reader.next(MapFile.java:435)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore$MapFileCompactionReader.next(HStore.java:784)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore.compact(HStore.java:847)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore.compact(HStore.java:727)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore.compactHelper(HStore.java:631)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore.compactHelper(HStore.java:563)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HStore.compact(HStore.java:558)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegion.compactStores(HRegion.java:719)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer$SplitOrCompactChecker.checkForSplitsOrCompactions(HRegionServer.java:198) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer$SplitOrCompactChecker.chore(HRegionServer.java:188)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Chore.run(Chore.java:58)
2007-11-09 00:10:38,732 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Leases: RegionServer:0 closing leases 2007-11-09 00:10:38,732 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer: worker thread exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,732 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer$LogRoller: RegionServer:0.logRoller exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,871 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Leases$LeaseMonitor: RegionServer:0.leaseChecker exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Leases: RegionServer:0 closed leases 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: Stopping server on 50446 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 2 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 3 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 4 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 5 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 7 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 8 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,873 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 9 on 50446: exiting 2007-11-09 00:10:38,873 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: Stopping IPC Server listener on 50446 2007-11-09 00:10:39,431 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionServer: Stopping infoServer 2007-11-09 00:10:39,432 INFO org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer: Stopping Acceptor ServerSocket[addr=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=60030] 2007-11-09 00:10:39,731 INFO org.mortbay.http.SocketListener: Stopped SocketListener on 0.0.0.0:60030 2007-11-09 00:10:40,004 INFO org.mortbay.util.Container: Stopped HttpContext[/static,/static] 2007-11-09 00:10:43,216 INFO org.mortbay.util.Container: Stopped HttpContext[/logs,/logs] 2007-11-09 00:10:43,217 INFO org.mortbay.util.Container: Stopped [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-11-09 00:10:43,653 INFO org.mortbay.util.Container: Stopped WebApplicationContext[/,/] 2007-11-09 00:10:43,653 INFO org.mortbay.util.Container: Stopped [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-11-09 00:11:08,772 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Leases: HMaster.leaseChecker lease expired 1376903167/1376903167 2007-11-09 00:11:08,772 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: 127.0.1.1:50446 lease expired 2007-11-09 00:11:15,452 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.rootScanner scanning meta region regionname: -ROOT-,,0, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:11:15,453 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 1 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:16,472 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 2 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:17,492 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 3 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:18,512 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 4 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:19,532 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 5 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:20,552 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 6 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:21,292 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: 127.0.1.1:50446} 2007-11-09 00:11:21,572 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 7 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:22,592 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 8 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:23,612 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 9 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:24,632 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 10 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:25,678 WARN org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: Scan ROOT region
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
   at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
   at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
   at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
   at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
   at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
   at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client$Connection.setupIOstreams(Client.java:152)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.getConnection(Client.java:542)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:471)
   at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Invoker.invoke(RPC.java:184)
   at $Proxy1.openScanner(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$BaseScanner.scanRegion(HMaster.java:218) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$RootScanner.scanRoot(HMaster.java:531) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$RootScanner.maintenanceScan(HMaster.java:574)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$BaseScanner.chore(HMaster.java:199)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Chore.run(Chore.java:58)
2007-11-09 00:11:25,678 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 1 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:26,702 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 2 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:27,722 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 3 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:28,742 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 4 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:28,842 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: process shutdown of server 127.0.1.1:50446: logSplit: false, rootChecked: false, rootRescanned: false, numberOfMetaRegions: 1, onlineMetaRegions.size(): 1 2007-11-09 00:11:28,843 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HLog: splitting 3 log(s) in /home/holger/tmp/hbase/log_127.0.1.1_-7685273460109660997_50446 2007-11-09 00:11:29,762 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 5 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:30,782 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client: Retrying connect to server: /127.0.1.1:50446. Already tried 6 time(s). 2007-11-09 00:11:30,823 INFO org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker: Found checksum error: org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumException: Checksum error: file:/home/holger/tmp/hbase/log_127.0.1.1_-7685273460109660997_50446/hlog.dat.010 at 18873344 at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem$ChecksumFSInputChecker.readChunk(ChecksumFileSystem.java:210) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.readChecksumChunk(FSInputChecker.java:234)
   at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.read1(FSInputChecker.java:189)
   at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.read(FSInputChecker.java:157)
   at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(DataInputStream.java:178)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer$Buffer.write(DataOutputBuffer.java:56)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer.write(DataOutputBuffer.java:90)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1763)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1663)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1709)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HLog.splitLog(HLog.java:157)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$PendingServerShutdown.process(HMaster.java:2018)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster.run(HMaster.java:1086)

2007-11-09 00:11:30,824 WARN org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: Processing pending operations: PendingServerShutdown of 127.0.1.1:50446 org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumException: Checksum error: file:/home/holger/tmp/hbase/log_127.0.1.1_-7685273460109660997_50446/hlog.dat.010 at 18873344 at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem$ChecksumFSInputChecker.readChunk(ChecksumFileSystem.java:210) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.readChecksumChunk(FSInputChecker.java:234)
   at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.read1(FSInputChecker.java:189)
   at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSInputChecker.read(FSInputChecker.java:157)
   at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(DataInputStream.java:178)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer$Buffer.write(DataOutputBuffer.java:56)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer.write(DataOutputBuffer.java:90)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1763)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1663)
   at org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile$Reader.next(SequenceFile.java:1709)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HLog.splitLog(HLog.java:157)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$PendingServerShutdown.process(HMaster.java:2018)
   at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster.run(HMaster.java:1086)
2007-11-09 00:11:30,824 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster: process shutdown of server 127.0.1.1:50446: logSplit: false, rootChecked: false, rootRescanned: false, numberOfMetaRegions: 1, onlineMetaRegions.size(): 1


stack wrote:
Do you think things are not working because you see a
NotServingRegionException in the log?  These exceptions in the log are
'normal' (See HADOOP-1724 for discussion on throwing exceptions as
part of 'normal' operation).  Otherwise, your log looks fine to me.

10G for a heap in my experience is overly large.  What happens if you
knock it down to a 1G?  Do things still work?

St.Ack

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