When a server is shutdown on the master, it is added to the deadServers list.
This is so if we somehow get a report from this region server, we know to reject it (YouAreDeadException). That happens when an RS goes into a long GC pause, for example. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Yu [mailto:yuzhih...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:15 PM > To: dev@hbase.apache.org > Subject: serverManager.deadServers > > Hi, > After I shutdown a region server, it is not among the dead servers > returned > by stargate. > getClusterStatus() returns serverManager.deadServers > > I am wondering under what scenario a region server is added to > serverManager.deadServers > > Thanks
