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dhruba borthakur commented on HDFS-870: --------------------------------------- Just for the records, we use topology script written in Java to avoid the problem listed in HADOOP-5059 > Topology is permanently cached > ------------------------------ > > Key: HDFS-870 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-870 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Allen Wittenauer > > Replacing the topology script requires a namenode bounce because the NN > caches the information permanently. It should really either expire it > periodically or expire on -refreshNodes. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira