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Anu Engineer commented on HDFS-10289:
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As part of diskBalancer work we have added an API that might be useful for you.
There is a DN RPC in HDFS-1312 branch which allows you to query generic
properties from DataNode. Please look at HDFS-9647 if you are interested. if
you find this API to be useful for you, you are most welcome to use HDFS-1312
to develop this feature.
Unfortunately the API is named getDiskBalancerSetting or
DiskBalancerSettingRequestProto. You might want to rename that call to
getDatanodeSetting or something to that effect to make it generic.
> Balancer configures DNs directly
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>
> Key: HDFS-10289
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-10289
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: balancer & mover
> Affects Versions: 2.6.0
> Reporter: John Zhuge
> Assignee: John Zhuge
> Priority: Critical
>
> Balancer directly configures the 2 balance-related properties
> (bandwidthPerSec and concurrentMoves) on the DNs involved.
> Details:
> * Before each balancing iteration, set the properties on all DNs involved in
> the current iteration.
> * The DN property changes will not survive restart.
> * Balancer gets the property values from command line or its config file.
> * Need new DN APIs to query and set the 2 properties.
> * No need to edit the config file on each DN or run {{hdfs dfsadmin
> -setBalancerBandwidth}} to configure every DN in the cluster.
> Pros:
> * Improve ease of use because all configurations are done at one place, the
> balancer. We saw many customers often forgot to set concurrentMoves properly
> since it is required on both DN and Balancer.
> * Support new DNs added between iterations
> * Handle DN restarts between iterations
> * May be able to dynamically adjust the thresholds in different iterations.
> Don't know how useful though.
> Cons:
> * New DN property API
> * A malicious/misconfigured balancer may overwhelm DNs. {{hdfs dfsadmin
> -setBalancerBandwidth}} has the same issue. Also Balancer can only be run by
> admin.
> Questions:
> * Can we create {{BalancerConcurrentMovesCommand}} similar to
> {{BalancerBandwidthCommand}}? Can Balancer use them directly without going
> through NN?
> One proposal to implement HDFS-7466 calls for an API to query DN properties.
> DN Conf Servlet returns all config properties. It does not return individual
> property and it does not return the value set by {{hdfs dfsadmin
> -setBalancerBandwidth}}.
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