In the libhdfs how can I throttle the number of retries?
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Marcos Ortiz <mlor...@uci.cu> wrote: > HDFS is precisely built with these concerns in mind. > If you read a 60 GB file and the rack goes down, the system > will present to you transparently another copy, based on your > replication factor. > A block can not be available too due to corruption, and in this case, > it can be replicated to other live machines and fix the error with > the fsck utility. > > Regards > > > On 3/18/2012 9:46 AM, Rita wrote: > >> My replication factor is 3 and if I were reading data thru libhdfs using >> C is there a retry method? I am reading a 60gb file and what would will >> happen if a rack goes down and the next block isn't available? Will the >> API retry? is there a way t configuration this option? >> >> >> -- >> --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- >> > > -- > Marcos Luis OrtÃz Valmaseda (@marcosluis2186) > Data Engineer at UCI > http://marcosluis2186.**posterous.com<http://marcosluis2186.posterous.com> > > 10mo. ANIVERSARIO DE LA CREACION DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS CIENCIAS > INFORMATICAS... > CONECTADOS AL FUTURO, CONECTADOS A LA REVOLUCION > > http://www.uci.cu > http://www.facebook.com/**universidad.uci<http://www.facebook.com/universidad.uci> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**universidad_uci<http://www.flickr.com/photos/universidad_uci> > -- --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.--
