sync doesn't work. See http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-200 - Aaron
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Arvind Sharma <arvind...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Just checking again :-) > > I have a setup where I am using Hadoop0-19.2 and the data files are kept > open for a long time. I want them to be sync'd to the HDFS now and then, to > avoid any data loss. > > In one of the last HUG, somebody mentioned FSDataOutputStream.sync() > method. But there were some known issues with that. > > Has anyone experienced any problem while using the sync() method ? > > Arvind > > > > > ________________________________ > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone here have stared using (or has been using) the > newer Hadoop versions (0-20.1 ??? ) - which provides API for flushing out > any open files on the HDFS ? > > Are there any known issues I should be aware of ? > > Thanks! > Arvind > > > >