Hi. Thanks for the answer.
Would up to 5 minute of handlers cause any issues? And same about writing? Regards. 2009/5/26 Raghu Angadi <[email protected]> > > 'in.seek(); in.read()' is certainly better than, > 'in = fs.open(); in.seek(); in.read()' > > The difference is is exactly one open() call. So you would save an RPC to > NameNode. > > There are couple of issues that affect apps that keep the handlers open > very long time (many hours to days).. but those will be fixed soon. > > Raghu. > > > Stas Oskin wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> I'm looking to find out, how the InputStream.open() + skip(), compares to >> keeping a handle of InputStream() and just seeking the position. >> >> Has anyone compared these approaches, and can advice on their speed? >> >> Regards. >> >> >
