Block size may not be the only answer, look into the way the namenode distributes the blocks on your datanodes, see if the client datanode is not creating a bottleneck.
zeevik wrote: > > > .. New member here, hello everyone! .. > > I am changing the default dfs.block.size from 64MB to 256MB (or any other > value) in hadoop-site.xml file and restarting the cluster to make sure > changes are applied. Now the issue is that when I am trying to put a file > on the hdfs (hadoop fs -put) it seems like the block size is always 64MB > (browsing the filesystem via the http interface). Hadoop version is 0.19.1 > on a 6 node cluster. > > 1. Why the new block size is not reflected when I am creating/loading a > new file into the hdfs? > 2. How can I see current parameters and their values on Hadoop to make > sure the change in hadoop-site.xml file took affect at the restart? > > I am trying to load a large file into HDFS and it seems slow (1.5min for > 1GB), that's why I am trying to increase the block size. > > Thanks, > Zeev > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/dfs.block.size-change-not-taking-affect--tp24654181p24654233.html Sent from the Hadoop core-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.