I am aware of the history of HBase and HDFS "append" and have read the various
blog posts and JIRAs. In particular:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5676
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-3120
My understanding is that HBase requires "durable sync" capabilities of HDFS
(i.e. hflush() hsync()), but does *not* require file append capabilities.
I'm looking for a quick confirmation of my understanding *in a Hadoop 2.x
context*.
In an HDFS 2.x environment, will HBase function properly with
'dfs.support.append' set to FALSE?
Eric
