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Steve Loughran commented on HDFS-1312:
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I don't think it's a wontfix, just that nobody has sat down to fix it. With the
trend towards very storage intense servers (12-16x 3TBs), this problem has
grown -and it does need fixing
What does it take?
# tests
# solution
# patch submit and review.
It may be possible to implement the rebalance operation as some script (Please,
not bash, something better like Python); ops could run this script after
installing a new HDD.
A way to assess HDD imbalance in a DN or across the cluster would be good too;
that could pick up problems which manual/automated intervention could fix.
BTW,, not everyone splits MR and DFS onto separate disk partitions, as that
remove flexibility and the ability to handle large-intermediate-output MR jobs.
> Re-balance disks within a Datanode
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> Key: HDFS-1312
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1312
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: data-node
> Reporter: Travis Crawford
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> Filing this issue in response to ``full disk woes`` on hdfs-user.
> Datanodes fill their storage directories unevenly, leading to situations
> where certain disks are full while others are significantly less used. Users
> at many different sites have experienced this issue, and HDFS administrators
> are taking steps like:
> - Manually rebalancing blocks in storage directories
> - Decomissioning nodes & later readding them
> There's a tradeoff between making use of all available spindles, and filling
> disks at the sameish rate. Possible solutions include:
> - Weighting less-used disks heavier when placing new blocks on the datanode.
> In write-heavy environments this will still make use of all spindles,
> equalizing disk use over time.
> - Rebalancing blocks locally. This would help equalize disk use as disks are
> added/replaced in older cluster nodes.
> Datanodes should actively manage their local disk so operator intervention is
> not needed.
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