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Yu Li commented on HBASE-16291:
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Thanks for the write up [~yangzhe1991].
One thing to emphasize here is that in 0.9x/1.x the semantic diverges in
different functions (Please refer to HBASE-14521 for more details), so I'm
afraid it's not precise to say in 0.9x/1.x it means "the number of TRIES".
Reason of HBASE-14521 not committed into master branch (quote of [~nkeywal]'s
comments there):
bq. Committed to master. I didn't commit to 1.x branch because it's a behavior
change...
> Explain the correct semantic of hbase.client.retries.number in doc
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>
> Key: HBASE-16291
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-16291
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0, 1.1.5, 1.2.2, 0.98.20
> Reporter: Phil Yang
> Assignee: Phil Yang
> Attachments: HBASE-16291-v1.patch
>
>
> In hbase-default.xml (and also in HBase Book), the description of
> hbase.client.retries.number is:
> {quote}
> Maximum retries. Used as maximum for all retryable operations such as the
> getting of a cell's value, starting a row update, etc. Retry interval is a
> rough function based on hbase.client.pause. At first we retry at this
> interval but then with backoff, we pretty quickly reach retrying every ten
> seconds. See HConstants#RETRY_BACKOFF for how the backup ramps up. Change
> this setting and hbase.client.pause to suit your workload.
> {quote}
> However, the semantic of this conf is confusing and different in various
> branches. After HBASE-14521, in master it means "the number of RETRIES", but
> in all the other branches it still means "the number of TRIES".
> So I think we need make the doc clear and tell users what it is in 0.98/1.x
> and what it will be from 2.0
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