>s the source of transfers always the node being decommissioned? No. the source of the transfer(s) could be any other node in the cluster.
dhruba On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Harold Lim <rold...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > Another Question: During decommissioning process, does HDFS strictly copy > blocks/files from the decommissioned node to the other live nodes? Or do > blocks get copied from other live nodes too? > > i.e., is the source of transfers always the node being decommissioned? > > -Harold > > --- On Tue, 9/15/09, Dhruba Borthakur <dhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Dhruba Borthakur <dhr...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Question about decommissioning a node > > To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org > > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 5:03 PM > > This might help: > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/FAQ#17 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-681 > > > > > > Bandwidth can be throttled on a datanode via > > dfs.balance.bandwidthPerSec > > > > thanks, > > dhruba > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM, > > Harold Lim <rold...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > Is there a document or can anyone explain to me what > > actually happens during the decommissioning process? What > > does the name node do? > > > > Also, how much bandwidth does the decommissioning process > > take? Is there a cap to the maximum bandwidth consumed? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
