Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 174697A50 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:50:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 85778 invoked by uid 500); 11 Aug 2011 22:50:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 85703 invoked by uid 500); 11 Aug 2011 22:50:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact hdfs-issues-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 85694 invoked by uid 99); 11 Aug 2011 22:50:49 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:50:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.116] (HELO hel.zones.apache.org) (140.211.11.116) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:50:47 +0000 Received: from hel.zones.apache.org (hel.zones.apache.org [140.211.11.116]) by hel.zones.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F4A6B8ACC for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:50:27 +0000 (UTC) From: "Todd Lipcon (JIRA)" To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Message-ID: <1471704496.31233.1313103027583.JavaMail.tomcat@hel.zones.apache.org> Subject: [jira] [Assigned] (HDFS-978) Record every new block allocation of a file into the transaction log. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-978?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Todd Lipcon reassigned HDFS-978: -------------------------------- Assignee: Todd Lipcon > Record every new block allocation of a file into the transaction log. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-978 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-978 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: name-node > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: Todd Lipcon > > HDFS should record every new block allocation (of a file) into its transaction logs. In the current code, block allocations are persisted only when a file is closed or hflush-ed. This feature will enable HDFS writers to survive namenode restarts. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira