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Aaron T. Myers commented on HDFS-4305:
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[~sureshms] Done.
> Add a configurable limit on number of blocks per file, and min block size
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> Key: HDFS-4305
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-4305
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: namenode
> Affects Versions: 1.0.4, 2.0.4-alpha
> Reporter: Todd Lipcon
> Assignee: Andrew Wang
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0.5-beta
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> Attachments: hdfs-4305-1.patch, hdfs-4305-2.patch, hdfs-4305-3.patch
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> We recently had an issue where a user set the block size very very low and
> managed to create a single file with hundreds of thousands of blocks. This
> caused problems with the edit log since the OP_ADD op was so large
> (HDFS-4304). I imagine it could also cause efficiency issues in the NN. To
> prevent users from making such mistakes, we should:
> - introduce a configurable minimum block size, below which requests are
> rejected
> - introduce a configurable maximum number of blocks per file, above which
> requests to add another block are rejected (with a suitably high default as
> to not prevent legitimate large files)
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