This needs to be done manually. Is there a way to do this at runtime i.e. in the java code ?
- Hrishi ----- Original Message ---- From: Sagar <sn...@attributor.com> To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org Sent: Sun, November 15, 2009 1:20:12 AM Subject: Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block I dont think we can set replication on block level. We can change replication on a file. This will change the replication on all blocks belonging to a file hadoop fs -setrep [-R] <path> http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/hdfs_shell.html#setrep -Sagar smarthr...@yahoo.co.in wrote: > Is it possible to set the replication factor for a data block dynamically ? > > Regards, > Hrishikesh > > > > >