At this time, you have to re-import the data. -Chris
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, shiv shivaji <shivaji...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I started with the ordered partitioner as I was hoping to make use of the > map-reduce functionality. However, my data was likely lopped onto 2 key > machines with most of it on one (as seen from another thread. There were > also machine failures to blame for the uneven distribution). One solution > which I am trying is to load balance. Is there any other thing I can try to > convert the partitioner to random on a live system? > > I know this sounds like an odd request. Curious about my options though. I > did see a post mentioning that one can compute the md5 hash of each key and > then insert using that and have a mapping table from key to md5 hash. > Unfortunately, the data is already loaded using an ordered partitioner and I > was wondering if there is a way to switch to random now. > > Shiv > -- Chris Goffinet
