Replication factor is a client-sent property for files (doesn't apply to 'directories'), so there's currently no way to do this outside of controlling the client/client-config of those that write to that directory (for example, HBase can have a separate replication config, for all writes to /hbase), or by periodically setting the factor recursively on the directory (as your sample command does).
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Austin Chungath <austi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way for setting the default replication factor for specific > directories? > The default replication factor is 3 for the cluster. I don't want to change > this global default, but I want specific directories to have different > replication factor. > I can use the following command to set the replication factor of files after > they are created, but how to make it default for that directory? > hadoop dfs -setrep -R -w 1 /user > > Thanks, > Austin -- Harsh J
