The answer to the "delta" part is more that HDFS does not presently support random writes. You cannot alter a closed file for anything other than appending at the end, which I doubt will help you if you are also receiving updates (it isn't clear from your question what this added data really is).
HBase sounds like something that may solve your requirement though, depending on how much of your read/write load is random. You could consider it. P.s. HBase too doesn't use the append() APIs today (and doesn't need it either). AFAIK, only Flume's making use of it, if you allow it to. On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Mohammad Tariq <donta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Manickam, > > Append is currently not possible. > > Warm Regards, > Tariq > cloudfront.blogspot.com > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Manickam P <manicka...@outlook.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have moved my input file into the HDFS location in the cluster setup. >> Now i got a new set of file which has some new records along with the old >> one. >> I want to move the delta part alone into HDFS because it will take more >> time to move the file from my local to HDFS location. >> Is it possible or do i need to move the entire file into HDFS again? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Manickam P > > -- Harsh J
