On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:48 PM, <milind.bhandar...@emc.com> wrote: > Eli, > > To clarify a little bit, I think HDFS-3120 is the right thing to do, to > disable appends, while still enabling hsync in branch-1. > > But, going forward, (say 0.23+) having appends working correctly will > definitely add value, and make HDFS more palatable for lots of other > workloads. > > Of course, I have a vested interest in this, because our team is working > on a project that requires append and truncate, and we will be testing it > thoroughly at scale in Q2 this year. Would it be okay to wait for the > results of this testing ?
Absolutely, I'd like to learn more about what append/truncate buys us. Thanks, Eli > > Thanks, > > - milind > > --- > Milind Bhandarkar > Greenplum Labs, EMC > (Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, and > do not necessarily represent the views of any organization, past or > present, the author might be affiliated with.) >
