Xavier Stevens wrote:
Is there a way to do this when your input data is using SequenceFile compression?
Yes. A MapFile is simply a directory containing two SequenceFiles named "data" and "index". MapFileOutputFormat uses the same compression parameters as SequenceFileOutputFormat. SequenceFileInputFormat recognizes MapFiles and reads the "data" file. So you should be able to just switch from specifying SequenceFileOutputFormat to MapFileOutputFormat in your jobs and everything should work the same except you'll have index files that permit random access.
Doug
