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Xiaoyu Yao commented on HADOOP-12827: ------------------------------------- One disadvantage of configurable timeout key is it is hard to tune. But I agree it is complementary to retry when the default timeout does not work. > WebHdfs socket timeouts should be configurable > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-12827 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12827 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: fs > Environment: all > Reporter: Austin Donnelly > Assignee: Austin Donnelly > Labels: easyfix, newbie > Attachments: HADOOP-12827.001.patch > > Original Estimate: 0h > Remaining Estimate: 0h > > WebHdfs client connections use sockets with fixed timeouts of 60 seconds to > connect, and 60 seconds for reads. > This is a problem because I am trying to use WebHdfs to access an archive > storage system which can take minutes to hours to return the requested data > over WebHdfs. > The fix is to add new configuration file options to allow these 60s defaults > to be customised in hdfs-site.xml. > If the new configuration options are not present, the behavior is unchanged > from before. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)