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Sanjay Radia commented on HDFS-3504: ------------------------------------ Multi linear random retry :-) is very flexible. Thanks. > Configurable retry in DFSClient > ------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-3504 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-3504 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 1.0.0, 2.0.0-alpha > Reporter: Siddharth Seth > Assignee: Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE > Attachments: h3504_20120607.patch, h3504_20120608.patch, > h3504_20120611.patch > > > When NN maintenance is performed on a large cluster, jobs end up failing. > This is particularly bad for long running jobs. The client retry policy could > be made configurable so that jobs don't need to be restarted. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira