dlmarion opened a new issue, #4565: URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/4565
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** A compaction reduces many files to one. During this process the input files are read, an output file is created (maybe on a different volume), and the tablet metadata is updated appropriately. There is a case where a user may want to move files from one volume to another, and the compaction mechanism is the only way to do it. However, performing a compaction can be resource intensive depending on the iterators involved. **Describe the solution you'd like** Create a new major compaction-like task that performs the same overall process, but instead of reducing the input files, just copy the files input files to output files. Instead of being many to one operation, this would be a one to one operation. As an optimization, the copy could be done below the RFile level to just copy the underlying file from the Volume. -- 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]
