Great, thank you :D I guess I need to read up more on zookeeper. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >
