ctubbsii commented on issue #3390: URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/3390#issuecomment-1542326362
I just did a cursory look through the code to try to figure out why we disabled that, and couldn't find the code. I thought there was a problem that made merging the metadata table unsafe. But, now I'm not so sure, as I wasn't able to quickly find where we are blocking that. It's possible that it was only disabled because of the risks of it being offline too long for the operation, and we didn't want users shooting themselves in the foot. It might still be safe to do, with some extra precautions. @cshannon is working on #1327 to make merges a much faster operation, where it will be much safer. I suspect it will be a big incentive to upgrade to the next LTM after 2.1, but it's too risky of a change to add to 2.1. It might be fastest to export tables and import into a fresh Accumulo instance, but we'd have to investigate further to see whether there's another way. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
