On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Slater, David M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > > > In Hadoop Map Reduce, the Configuration class can pass String parameters > (via the Context argument to map and reduce). Likewise, the Map<String, > String> options argument in Iterator init allows the same functionality for > Accumulo iterators. > > > > However, for more complex parameters, Hadoop has a DistributedCache which is > available to all of the mappers and reducers. Is there any similar > functionality for Accumulo iterators, or does all of the information need to > be sent as a String through options?
Accumulo does not provide anything out of the box. I wonder if putting a file in HDFS w/ a high replication factor would be a good way to pass this info. > > > > Also, are there any problems with sending exceptionally long Strings in the > options argument? Does anyone know if David would run into issues similar to ACCUMULO-1141? > > > > Thanks, > David
