Thanks! I'll try to follow this path.. and see how it works.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Sean Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Just put them in the same directory as the main input file. It will be > smart > enough to not reload the main file if it has not changed. > > I think the idea is that periodically you will just push and reload the new > complete data file, and remove old update files. But there's no limit to > how > many files you add. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Octavian Covalschi < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm trying to implement a simple user based recommendation engine. As a > > start point I have taken the mahout-taste-webapp, which pretty much fits > > my > > needs for now. > > > > Now I'm trying to figure out how to do regular updates of the input feed > > file... From the Mahout in Action book (i know it's not out yet, I've got > > early access version) I understood that it's possible to have so called > > update files, however it's not clear to me how this works. I'd assume > > they're loaded when input file is loaded, but how about if I get new > update > > files, how can I load them too? Do i have to reload entire thing? Or the > > refresh method handles this for me? > > > > The use case is pretty simple. During the day, based on user's activity > > there will be new update files and I'd like to process them as well. > > > > Oh, one more question, how many updates files can I have... I'm concerned > > that after a while we may have thousands. What's the solution in this > case? > > I'll have to "merge" them and generate a new input file? > > > > Thank you in advance. > > >
