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dhruba borthakur resolved HDFS-87. ---------------------------------- Resolution: Not A Problem > NameNode startup fails if edit log terminates prematurely > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-87 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-87 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Environment: ~50 node cluster > Reporter: Bryan Pendleton > Attachments: fixNameNodeStartup.patch > > > I ran out of space on the device that stores the edit log, resulting in an > edit log that is truncated mid transaction. > Ideally, the NameNode should start up, in SafeMode or the like, whenever this > happens. Right now, you get this stack trace: > 2006-12-12 15:33:57,212 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode: > java.io.EOFExcepti > on > at java.io.DataInputStream.readUnsignedShort(DataInputStream.java:310) > at org.apache.hadoop.io.UTF8.readFields(UTF8.java:104) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:227) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSImage(FSImage.java:191) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:320) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:226) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:146) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:138) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:589) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.