Hi Josh, I would like to take the following Jiras for the project scope.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-1198 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-807 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-594 At the moment I'm trying to understand the architecture and run some basic samples so that I can get familiar with the project. Regards, Supun.. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Supun Kamburugamuva <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Thank you for the detailed clarification. Now I understand the requirements. > > I would like both options you've presented. I think as a start to the > project (since I'm new) improving the existing monitor will be a good > option. I can see one improvement in ACCUMULO-594 and there are > several others in the Jiras as well. What are the improvements that > you think will be best? > > Thanks, > Supun.. > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: >> Supun, >> >> Yup, you've caught on a bit to what I was getting at. >> >> The monitor, as Eric hinted as, grew out of necessity for debugging and >> development purposes of Accumulo. Functionality is typically added from a >> "it would be nice to know X" stance. Along this line, this is how >> ACCUMULO-594 came about. >> >> Thinking about optimizing the time we contribute to Accumulo, not having to >> write our own monitoring presentation would, theoretically, free up our time >> to work on issues inside of Accumulo. This is where the "kill the monitor" >> ticket comes from. Personally, creating functionality to hook up Accumulo to >> other presentation systems supplements what the monitor already shows, and >> it would take many Accumulo releases to generate enough confidence in a >> complete replacement that would merit remove of the existing monitor. >> >> Now, from your stance, it's up to you to decide what interests you most. >> Don't be afraid that contributions made to the Accumulo monitor will be >> invalidated. Any additions that Eric mentioned (not to mention many more >> that we haven't thought of) would be immediately useful for users. If you're >> familiar with other pieces of monitoring software and would like to work on >> connecting it to Accumulo, that'd be great too! >> >> Perhaps we can move towards what you'd like to get out of this experience >> and try to tailor the goals to meet that? >> >> >> On 3/26/13 11:35 AM, Supun Kamburugamuva wrote: >>> >>> Hi Josh, >>> >>> Thank you for the prompt response. >>> >>> As Eric mentioned in ACCUMULO-594 I can see there are lot of things >>> that can be done in the monitoring space. Some of the things include >>> improving JMX. Also in one Jira it says to kind of abandon the monitor >>> and use another library (monitoring tool) for monitoring using JMX. >>> Also there are Jiras for improving the existing monitor visualization >>> as well. (so I'm bit confused) >>> >>> As you've mentioned I think it would be really helpful to define the >>> scope. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Supun.. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Supun, >>>> >>>> I'd be happy to help out in this regard. >>>> >>>> I've been trying to catch up on what I need to do to be an "official" >>>> mentor, but we can use the dev list or the ACCUMULO-594 ticket to start >>>> documenting how and what you want to approach the project. >>>> >>>> I know the ticket was rather open-ended; perhaps we can work towards >>>> refining its scope a bit more? Start working towards getting you and all >>>> of >>>> us on the same page. >>>> >>>> - Josh >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/26/13 10:39 AM, Supun Kamburugamuva wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I would like to learn and contribute to projects in big data space and >>>>> would really like to do a GSoc project in Accumulo. I'm a PHD student >>>>> at Indiana University and my research area is in Distributed Systems. >>>>> I'm also a committer to few Apache projects. I would like to take a >>>>> project in Accumulo and contribute. Please let me know if this is >>>>> possible. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Supun.. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Supun Kamburugamuva > Member, Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org > E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 812 369 6762 > Blog: http://supunk.blogspot.com -- Supun Kamburugamuva Member, Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 812 369 6762 Blog: http://supunk.blogspot.com
