What kind of explanation is this???????????
Regards,
Mohammad Tariq
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Michael Segel <michael_se...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry St. Ack,
>
> Which is why I said that I was losing it...
>
> The entire quote was...
> "On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Jay Wilson
> <registrat...@circle-cross-jn.com> wrote:
>> Can a regionserver and quorumpeer reside on the same node?
>
> It can, but you want to consider how disk is allocated in the cluster.
>
> A typical and recommended configuration is HBase RegionServer and HDFS
> DataNode colocated on the nodes. The DataNode will use locally
> attached disk to store and serve blocks.
> "
>
> Looking at and parsing this you have two things...
>
> 1) When reading the 'A typical and recommended configuration...' can imply
> that its possible while not recommended to try and run an HBase RS while not
> running a DN service on the same node.
>
> 2) "It can, but you want to consider how disk is allocated in the cluster."
> While on a single machine running as a pseudo cluster is one thing, running a
> fully distributed cluster is another.
>
>
> I am not finding fault with what Andy was saying. The problem is that we tend
> not to use stronger language when discussing these topics. And my point
> wasn't just on this topic but others posts where we say 'not a good idea' yet
> someone still pursues the idea until there's a chorus of saying not to do
> something. I'm not faulting the poster because he wasn't and isn't the only
> one who does this... We see it all the time where someone goes down the wrong
> path, and is looking for a quick solution, rather than following the
> recommendation.
>
> Now I'm not sure if my KISS statement or my 'dead hooker' analogy or my jokes
> about drugs.
>
> KISS, I guess goes back to when I first learned that term. It was a 200 level
> Engineering graphics course where the instructor mentioned KISS and then
> stalled on the second S (KIS == Keep it Simple) and used the term 'Stupid' to
> refer back to the engineer who didn't keep it simple. Of course he was the
> same Professor who couldn't figure out an algorithm without using a GOTO
> statement and got huffy when I made the mistake of correcting him in class.
> (But that's another story.) Not sure if it should be KIS or if the second S
> in KISS was for something else.
>
> The 'dead hooker' analogy goes back to watching movie plots and subplots
> where the hero wakes up next to a body of a dead woman in bed. While in
> James Bond films its the evil turned good hottie that gets it, I was thinking
> back to the Cameron Diaz flick 'Very Bad Things' - 1998 movie where the plot
> line is based on a prostitute getting killed at a bachelor party. Also for
> some reason the movie Barton Fink comes to mind, or the Great Gatsby.
>
> And while I don't advocate drugs, that too is a reference to movies. Its the
> whole 'Airplane' spoofs where Lloyd Bridges talks about how today was a bad
> day for giving up <insert your favorite drug> ...
>
> Sorry to side track but I thought I'd give a more detailed explanation ...
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:51 AM, Stack wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Michael Segel <michael_se...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I'm sorry I'm losing it.
>>>
>>
>> Its plain. Do us a favor and try keeping your psychotic breakdown to
>> yourself going forward.
>>
>> St.Ack
>>
>
