Re: Multiple threads write to the same file

2011-08-05 Thread Harsh J
If you're merely sharing a writer instance among threads, there shouldn't be a problem (not at the HDFS level anyway, since it is just one writer connection with plenty of write calls). On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Sudharsan Sampath wrote: > Hi, > Does hdfs support writing in parallel to the s

Re: Multiple threads write to the same file

2011-08-05 Thread Uma Maheswara Rao G 72686
Hi Sampath, HDFS will maintain one lease for every opened file. If one thread created the file and not closed, then other clients will get AlreadyBeingCreatedException.Because lease exists for that file. Once the file is closed , lease will be cleared.Then other clients can write. Regards, U