On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Weishung Chung <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong :) > In HConnectionManager, it seems to me that a zookeeper instance is used to > get to the HBase master for META and ROOT info. What would happen if HBase > master became unavailable? Would zookeeper be able to get the ROOT and META > info from another backup/replicated master? Sorry because I haven't got a > chance to browse deeper in the zookeeper codes yet :( >
The locations of root is kept in zk and that of meta in the root region, not in master. If master goes away, cluster continues to run. St.Ack
