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Matt Corgan commented on HBASE-7660:
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Should have mentioned in the description: One could probably reason that if
someone is using 0.90.x right now, they are looking for max stability and will
not jump straight to 0.96, but rather go to 0.94.5+ first.
Regarding distributing the script: We could bundle the HFileV1-scanner script
in future 0.94 version as well as make it downloadable to hbase/bin from the
hbase website for people on 0.92 and earlier 0.94 versions.
{quote}Is there a way to move the code out without too much work, and put it in
something like hbase-support/hfile-v1-to-v2-tool that can be used as migration
tool?{quote}Sounds like a good idea, though I wonder if anyone should spend
time creating it before anyone actually requests it.
> Remove HFileV1 code
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> Key: HBASE-7660
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-7660
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: hbck, HFile, migration
> Reporter: Matt Corgan
> Fix For: 0.96.0
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> HFileV1 should be removed from the regionserver because it is somewhat of a
> drag on development for working on the lower level read paths. It's an
> impediment to cleaning up the Store code.
> V1 HFiles ceased to be written in 0.92, but the V1 reader was left in place
> so users could upgrade from 0.90 to 0.92. Once all HFiles are compacted in
> 0.92, then the V1 code is no longer needed. We then decided to leave the V1
> code in place in 0.94 so users could upgrade directly from 0.90 to 0.94. The
> code is still there in trunk but should probably be shown the door. I see a
> few options:
> 1) just delete the code and tell people to make sure they compact everything
> using 0.92 or 0.94
> 2) create a standalone script that people can run on their 0.92 or 0.94
> cluster that iterates the filesystem and prints out any v1 files with a
> message that the user should run a major compaction
> 3) add functionality to 0.96.0 (first release, maybe in hbck) that
> proactively kills v1 files, so that we can be sure there are none when
> upgrading from 0.96 to 0.98
> 4) punt to 0.98 and probably do one of the above options in a year
> I would vote for #1 or #2 which will allow us to have a v1-free 0.96.0.
> HFileV1 has already survived 2 major release upgrades which i think many
> would agree is more than enough for a pre-1.0, free product. If we can
> remove it in 0.96.0 it will be out of the way to introduce some nice
> performance improvements in subsequent 0.96.x releases.
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