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Hairong Kuang commented on HADOOP-692:
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Currently when a name node restarts, it asks each data node to resend its block
report. So what we can do is to put a data node's network location as part of a
block report and then the name node adjusts the network topology unpon the
arrival of a block report.
> Rack-aware Replica Placement
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> Key: HADOOP-692
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-692
> Project: Hadoop
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: dfs
> Affects Versions: 0.8.0
> Reporter: Hairong Kuang
> Assigned To: Hairong Kuang
> Attachments: rack.patch, Rack_aware_HDFS_proposal.pdf
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> This issue assumes that HDFS runs on a cluster of computers that spread
> across many racks. Communication between two nodes on different racks needs
> to go through switches. Bandwidth in/out of a rack may be less than the total
> bandwidth of machines in the rack. The purpose of rack-aware replica
> placement is to improve data reliability, availability, and network bandwidth
> utilization. The basic idea is that each data node determines to which rack
> it belongs at the startup time and notifies the name node of the rack id upon
> registration. The name node maintains a rackid-to-datanode map and tries to
> place replicas across racks.
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