Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-15 Thread Philip Zeyliger
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:53 AM, wrote: > Thanks Philip. > Also how about setting the replication factor at a block level ? > Is there support for this in the current version of hdfs ? > I believe this is not possible right now. -- Philip

Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-15 Thread smarthrish
: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:45 AM, wrote: > This needs to be done manually. > Is there a way to do this at runtime i.e. in the java code ? > Sure. It's a method in the FileSystem class: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.18.3/

Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-15 Thread Philip Zeyliger
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:45 AM, wrote: > This needs to be done manually. > Is there a way to do this at runtime i.e. in the java code ? > Sure. It's a method in the FileSystem class: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.18.3/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html#setReplication%28org.apa

Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-15 Thread smarthrish
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 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

Re: Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-14 Thread Sagar
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] http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/hdfs_shell.html#setrep -Sagar smarthr...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Is it p

Dynamically adjusting replication factor for a data block

2009-11-14 Thread smarthrish
Is it possible to set the replication factor for a data block dynamically ? Regards, Hrishikesh