We see a lot of IOExceptions coming from HDFS during a job that does nothing 
but untar 100 files (1 per Mapper, sizes vary between 5GB and 80GB) that are in 
HDFS, to HDFS. DataNodes are also showing Exceptions that I think are related. 
(See stacktraces below.)

This job should not be able to overload the system I think... I realize that 
much data needs to go over the lines, but HDFS should still be responsive. Any 
ideas / help is much appreciated!

Some details:
* Hadoop 0.20.2 (CDH3b4)
* 5 node cluster plus 1 node for JT/NN (Sun Thumpers)
* 4 cores/node, 4GB RAM/core
* CentOS 5.5

Job output:

java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: Could not obtain block: 
blk_-3695352030358969086_130839 
file=/user/emeij/icwsm-data-test/01-26-SOCIAL_MEDIA.tar.gz
        at ilps.DownloadICWSM$UntarMapper.map(DownloadICWSM.java:449)
        at ilps.DownloadICWSM$UntarMapper.map(DownloadICWSM.java:1)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.run(MapRunner.java:50)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:390)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:324)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child$4.run(Child.java:240)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:396)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1115)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child.main(Child.java:234)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Could not obtain block: 
blk_-3695352030358969086_130839 
file=/user/emeij/icwsm-data-test/01-26-SOCIAL_MEDIA.tar.gz
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.chooseDataNode(DFSClient.java:1977)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.blockSeekTo(DFSClient.java:1784)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.read(DFSClient.java:1932)
        at java.io.DataInputStream.read(DataInputStream.java:83)
        at org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils.copyBytes(IOUtils.java:55)
        at org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils.copyBytes(IOUtils.java:74)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.copy(FileUtil.java:335)
        at ilps.DownloadICWSM$CopyThread.run(DownloadICWSM.java:149)


Example DataNode Exceptions (not that these come from the node at 
192.168.28.211):

2011-03-08 19:40:40,297 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Exception in receiveBlock for block blk_-9222067946733189014_3798233 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 3067064 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,018 INFO 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.clienttrace: src: 
/192.168.28.211:50050, dest: /192.168.28.211:49748, bytes: 0, op: HDFS_READ, 
cliID: DFSClient_attempt_201103071120_0030_m_000032_0, offset: 30
72, srvID: DS-568746059-145.100.2.180-50050-1291128670510, blockid: 
blk_3596618013242149887_4060598, duration: 2632000
2011-03-08 19:40:41,049 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Exception in receiveBlock for block blk_-9221028436071074510_2325937 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 2206400 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,348 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Exception in receiveBlock for block blk_-9221549395563181322_4024529 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 3037288 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,357 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Exception in receiveBlock for block blk_-9221885906633018147_3895876 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 1981952 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,434 WARN org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Block blk_-9221885906633018147_3895876 unfinalized and removed. 
2011-03-08 19:40:41,434 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
writeBlock blk_-9221885906633018147_3895876 received exception 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 1981952 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,434 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
DatanodeRegistration(192.168.28.211:50050, 
storageID=DS-568746059-145.100.2.180-50050-1291128670510, infoPort=50075, 
ipcPort=50020):DataXceiver
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 1981952 bytes
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.readToBuf(BlockReceiver.java:270)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.readNextPacket(BlockReceiver.java:357)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.receivePacket(BlockReceiver.java:378)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.receiveBlock(BlockReceiver.java:534)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiver.writeBlock(DataXceiver.java:417)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiver.run(DataXceiver.java:122)
2011-03-08 19:40:41,465 WARN org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
Block blk_-9221549395563181322_4024529 unfinalized and removed. 
2011-03-08 19:40:41,466 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
writeBlock blk_-9221549395563181322_4024529 received exception 
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 3037288 bytes
2011-03-08 19:40:41,466 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: 
DatanodeRegistration(192.168.28.211:50050, 
storageID=DS-568746059-145.100.2.180-50050-1291128670510, infoPort=50075, 
ipcPort=50020):DataXceiver
java.io.EOFException: while trying to read 3037288 bytes
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.readToBuf(BlockReceiver.java:270)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.readNextPacket(BlockReceiver.java:357)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.receivePacket(BlockReceiver.java:378)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.BlockReceiver.receiveBlock(BlockReceiver.java:534)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiver.writeBlock(DataXceiver.java:417)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiver.run(DataXceiver.java:122)

Cheers,

Evert Lammerts
Consultant eScience & Cloud Services
SARA Computing & Network Services 
Operations, Support & Development

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