@Ryan: If I understand correctly, currently there is a possibility to change the root location of the table, and it will not change/move the old data/metadata files created before the change, only the new data/metadata files will be created in the new location.
Are we planning to make sure that the tables with relative paths will always contain every data/metadata file in single root folder? Here is a few scenarios which I am thinking about: 1. Table T1 is created with relative path in HadoopCatalog/HiveCatalog where the root location is L1, and this location is generated from the TableIdentifier (at least in creation time) 2. Data inserted to the table, so data files are created under L1, and the metadata files contain R1 relative path to the current L1. 3a. Table location is updated to L2 (Hive: ALTER TABLE T1 SET LOCATION L2) 3b. Table renamed to T2 (Hive: ALTER TABLE T1 RENAME TO T2) - Table location is updated for Hive tables if the old location was the default location. 4. When we try to read this table we should read the old data/metadata files as well. So in both cases we have to move the old data/metadata files around like Hive does for the native tables, and for the tables with relative paths we do not have to change the metadata other than the root path? Will we do the same thing with other engines as well? Thanks, Peter On Mon, 23 Aug 2021, 06:38 Yufei Gu, <flyrain...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steven, here is my understanding. It depends on whether you want to move > the data. In the DR case, we do move the data, we expect data to be > identical from time to time, but not always be. In the case of S3 aliases, > different roots actually point to the same location, there is no data move, > and data is identical for sure. > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:19 PM Steven Wu <stevenz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For the multiple table roots, do we expect or ensure that the data are >> identical across the different roots? or this is best-effort background >> synchronization across the different roots? >> >> On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 11:53 AM Ryan Blue <b...@tabular.io> wrote: >> >>> Peter, I think that this feature would be useful when moving tables >>> between root locations or when you want to maintain multiple root >>> locations. Renames are orthogonal because a rename doesn't change the table >>> location. You may want to move the table after a rename, and this would >>> help in that case. But actually moving data is optional. That's why we put >>> the table location in metadata. >>> >>> Anjali, DR is a big use case, but we also talked about directing >>> accesses through other URLs, like S3 access points, table migration (like >>> the rename case), and background data migration (e.g. lifting files between >>> S3 regions). There are a few uses for it. >>> >>> The more I think about this, the more I like the solution to add >>> multiple table roots to metadata, rather than removing table roots. Adding >>> a way to plug in a root selector makes a lot of sense to me and it ensures >>> that the metadata is complete (table location is set in metadata) and that >>> multiple locations can be used. Are there any objections or arguments >>> against doing it that way? >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM Anjali Norwood >>> <anorw...@netflix.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This thread is about disaster recovery and relative paths, but I wanted >>>> to ask an orthogonal but related question. >>>> Do we see disaster recovery as the only (or main) use case for >>>> multi-region? >>>> Is data residency requirement a use case for anybody? Is it possible to >>>> shard an iceberg table across regions? How is the location managed in that >>>> case? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Anjali. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 12:20 AM Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sadly, I have missed the meeting :( >>>>> >>>>> Quick question: >>>>> Was table rename / location change discussed for tables with relative >>>>> paths? >>>>> >>>>> AFAIK when a table rename happens then we do not move old data / >>>>> metadata files, we just change the root location of the new data / >>>>> metadata >>>>> files. If I am correct about this then we might need to handle this >>>>> differently for tables with relative paths. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Peter >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021, 15:12 Anjali Norwood, >>>>> <anorw...@netflix.com.invalid> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Perfect, thank you Yufei. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Anjali >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 9:58 PM Yufei Gu <flyrain...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Anjali, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Inline... >>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 5:31 PM Anjali Norwood >>>>>>> <anorw...@netflix.com.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for the summary Yufei. >>>>>>>> Sorry, if this was already discussed, I missed the meeting >>>>>>>> yesterday. >>>>>>>> Is there anything in the design that would prevent multiple roots >>>>>>>> from being in different aws regions? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> No. DR is the major use case of relative paths, if not the only one. >>>>>>> So, it will support roots in different regions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For disaster recovery in the case of an entire aws region down or >>>>>>>> slow, is metastore still a point of failure or can metastore be stood >>>>>>>> up in >>>>>>>> a different region and could select a different root? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Normally, DR also requires a backup metastore, besides the >>>>>>> storage(s3 bucket). In that case, the backup metastore will be in a >>>>>>> different region along with the table files. For example, the primary >>>>>>> table >>>>>>> is located in region A as well as its metastore, the backup table is >>>>>>> located in region B as well as its metastore. The primary table root >>>>>>> points >>>>>>> to a path in region A, while backup table root points to a path in >>>>>>> region B. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> regards, >>>>>>>> Anjali. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:35 AM Yufei Gu <flyrain...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here is a summary of yesterday's community sync-up. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yufei gave a brief update on disaster recovery requirements and >>>>>>>>> the current progress of relative path approach. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ryan: We all agreed that relative path is the way for disaster >>>>>>>>> recovery. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Multiple roots for the relative path* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ryan proposed an idea to enable multiple roots for a table, >>>>>>>>> basically, we can add a list of roots in table metadata, and use a >>>>>>>>> selector >>>>>>>>> to choose different roots when we move the table from one place to >>>>>>>>> another. >>>>>>>>> The selector reads a property to decide which root to use. The >>>>>>>>> property >>>>>>>>> could be either from catalog or the table metadata, which is yet to be >>>>>>>>> decided. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here is an example I’d image: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Root1: hdfs://nn:8020/path/to/the/table >>>>>>>>> 2. Root2: s3://bucket1/path/to/the/table >>>>>>>>> 3. Root3: s3://bucket2/path/to/the/table >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Relative path use case* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We brainstormed use cases for relative paths. Please let us know >>>>>>>>> if there are any other use cases. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Disaster Recovery >>>>>>>>> 2. Jack: AWS s3 bucket alias >>>>>>>>> 3. Ryan: fall-back use case. In case that the root1 doesn’t >>>>>>>>> work, the table falls back to root2, then root3. As Russell >>>>>>>>> mentioned, it >>>>>>>>> is challenging to do snapshot expiration and other table >>>>>>>>> maintenance >>>>>>>>> actions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Timeline* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In terms of timeline, relative path could be a feature in Spec V3, >>>>>>>>> since Spec V1 and V2 assume absolute path in metadata. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Misc* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Miao: How is the relative path compatible with the absolute >>>>>>>>> path? >>>>>>>>> 2. How do we migrate an existing table? Build a tool for that. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Please let us know if you have any ideas, questions, or concerns. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yufei >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ryan Blue >>> Tabular >>> >>
