Some how I couldn't access the pastebin (I am in China now). Did the region server showing hotspot host meta ? Thanks
On Friday, December 2, 2016 11:53 AM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> wrote: We're in AWS with D2.4xLarge instances. Each instance has 12 independent spindles/disks from what I can tell. We have charted get_rate and mutate_rate by host and a) mutate_rate shows no real outliers b) read_rate shows the overall rate on the "hotspot" region server is a bit higher than every other server, not severely but enough that it is a bit noticeable. But when we chart get_rate on that server by region, no one region stands out. get_rate chart by host: https://snag.gy/hmoiDw.jpg mutate_rate chart by host: https://snag.gy/jitdMN.jpg ---- Saad ---- Saad On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:34 PM, John Leach <jle...@splicemachine.com> wrote: > Here is what I see... > > > * Short Compaction Running on Heap > "regionserver/ip-10-99-181-146.aolp-prd.us-east-1.ec2. > aolcloud.net/10.99.181.146:60020-shortCompactions-1480229281547" - Thread > t@242 > java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.FastDiffDeltaEncoder. > compressSingleKeyValue(FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java:270) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.FastDiffDeltaEncoder. > internalEncode(FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java:245) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.BufferedDataBlockEncoder. > encode(BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java:987) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.FastDiffDeltaEncoder. > encode(FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java:58) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileDataBlockEncoderImpl.encode( > HFileDataBlockEncoderImpl.java:97) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileBlock$Writer.write( > HFileBlock.java:866) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileWriterV2.append( > HFileWriterV2.java:270) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileWriterV3.append( > HFileWriterV3.java:87) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFile$Writer. > append(StoreFile.java:949) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.compactions. > Compactor.performCompaction(Compactor.java:282) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.compactions. > DefaultCompactor.compact(DefaultCompactor.java:105) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.DefaultStoreEngine$ > DefaultCompactionContext.compact(DefaultStoreEngine.java:124) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStore.compact( > HStore.java:1233) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.compact( > HRegion.java:1770) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.CompactSplitThread$ > CompactionRunner.run(CompactSplitThread.java:520) > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker( > ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run( > ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > > > * WAL Syncs waiting… ALL 5 > "sync.0" - Thread t@202 > java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING > at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method) > - waiting on <67ba892d> (a java.util.LinkedList) > at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.waitForAckedSeqno( > DFSOutputStream.java:2337) > at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.flushOrSync( > DFSOutputStream.java:2224) > at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.hflush( > DFSOutputStream.java:2116) > at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream.hflush( > FSDataOutputStream.java:130) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.ProtobufLogWriter.sync( > ProtobufLogWriter.java:173) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FSHLog$ > SyncRunner.run(FSHLog.java:1379) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > > * Mutations backing up very badly... > > "B.defaultRpcServer.handler=103,queue=7,port=60020" - Thread t@155 > java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING > at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method) > - waiting on <6ab54ea3> (a org.apache.hadoop.hbase. > regionserver.wal.SyncFuture) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.SyncFuture. > get(SyncFuture.java:167) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FSHLog. > blockOnSync(FSHLog.java:1504) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FSHLog. > publishSyncThenBlockOnCompletion(FSHLog.java:1498) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.FSHLog.sync( > FSHLog.java:1632) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion. > syncOrDefer(HRegion.java:7737) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion. > processRowsWithLocks(HRegion.java:6504) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion. > mutateRowsWithLocks(HRegion.java:6352) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion. > mutateRowsWithLocks(HRegion.java:6334) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion. > mutateRow(HRegion.java:6325) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RSRpcServices. > mutateRows(RSRpcServices.java:418) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RSRpcServices. > multi(RSRpcServices.java:1916) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated. > ClientProtos$ClientService$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientProtos.java:32213) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServer.call(RpcServer.java:2034) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.CallRunner.run(CallRunner.java:107) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor.consumerLoop( > RpcExecutor.java:130) > at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor$1.run(RpcExecutor.java:107) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > > > Too many writers being blocked attempting to write to WAL. > > What does your disk infrastructure look like? Can you get away with > Multi-wal? Ugh... > > Regards, > John Leach > > > > On Dec 2, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Ted, > > > > Finally we have another hotspot going on, same symptoms as before, here > is > > the pastebin for the stack trace from the region server that I obtained > via > > VisualVM: > > > > http://pastebin.com/qbXPPrXk > > > > Would really appreciate any insight you or anyone else can provide. > > > > Thanks. > > > > ---- > > Saad > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Sure will, the next time it happens. > >> > >> Thanks!!! > >> > >> ---- > >> Saad > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Ted Yu <ted...@yahoo.com.invalid> > wrote: > >> > >>> From #2 in the initial email, the hbase:meta might not be the cause for > >>> the hotspot. > >>> > >>> Saad: > >>> Can you pastebin stack trace of the hot region server when this happens > >>> again ? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>>> On Dec 2, 2016, at 4:48 AM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> We used a pre-split into 1024 regions at the start but we > miscalculated > >>> our > >>>> data size, so there were still auto-splits storms at the beginning as > >>> data > >>>> size stabilized, it has ended up at around 9500 or so regions, plus a > >>> few > >>>> thousand regions for a few other tables (much smaller). But haven't > had > >>> any > >>>> new auto-splits in a couple of months. And the hotspots only started > >>>> happening recently. > >>>> > >>>> Our hashing scheme is very simple, we take the MD5 of the key, then > >>> form a > >>>> 4 digit prefix based on the first two bytes of the MD5 normalized to > be > >>>> within the range 0-1023 . I am fairly confident about this scheme > >>>> especially since even during the hotspot we see no evidence so far > that > >>> any > >>>> particular region is taking disproportionate traffic (based on > Cloudera > >>>> Manager per region charts on the hotspot server). Does that look like > a > >>>> reasonable scheme to randomize which region any give key goes to? And > >>> the > >>>> start of the hotspot doesn't seem to correspond to any region > splitting > >>> or > >>>> moving from one server to another activity. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> ---- > >>>> Saad > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 3:32 PM, John Leach <jle...@splicemachine.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Saad, > >>>>> > >>>>> Region move or split causes client connections to simultaneously > >>> refresh > >>>>> their meta. > >>>>> > >>>>> Key word is supposed. We have seen meta hot spotting from time to > time > >>>>> and on different versions at Splice Machine. > >>>>> > >>>>> How confident are you in your hashing algorithm? > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> John Leach > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> No never thought about that. I just figured out how to locate the > >>> server > >>>>>> for that table after you mentioned it. We'll have to keep an eye on > it > >>>>> next > >>>>>> time we have a hotspot to see if it coincides with the hotspot > server. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What would be the theory for how it could become a hotspot? Isn't > the > >>>>>> client supposed to cache it and only go back for a refresh if it > hits > >>> a > >>>>>> region that is not in its expected location? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ---- > >>>>>> Saad > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:56 PM, John Leach < > jle...@splicemachine.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Saad, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Did you validate that Meta is not on the “Hot” region server? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>> John Leach > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Saad Mufti <saad.mu...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We are using HBase 1.0 on CDH 5.5.2 . We have taken great care to > >>> avoid > >>>>>>>> hotspotting due to inadvertent data patterns by prepending an MD5 > >>>>> based 4 > >>>>>>>> digit hash prefix to all our data keys. This works fine most of > the > >>>>>>> times, > >>>>>>>> but more and more (as much as once or twice a day) recently we > have > >>>>>>>> occasions where one region server suddenly becomes "hot" (CPU > above > >>> or > >>>>>>>> around 95% in various monitoring tools). When it happens it lasts > >>> for > >>>>>>>> hours, occasionally the hotspot might jump to another region > server > >>> as > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>> master decide the region is unresponsive and gives its region to > >>>>> another > >>>>>>>> server. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> For the longest time, we thought this must be some single rogue > key > >>> in > >>>>>>> our > >>>>>>>> input data that is being hammered. All attempts to track this down > >>> have > >>>>>>>> failed though, and the following behavior argues against this > being > >>>>>>>> application based: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 1. plotted Get and Put rate by region on the "hot" region server > in > >>>>>>>> Cloudera Manager Charts, shows no single region is an outlier. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 2. cleanly restarting just the region server process causes its > >>> regions > >>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>> randomly migrate to other region servers, then it gets new ones > from > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>> HBase master, basically a sort of shuffling, then the hotspot goes > >>>>> away. > >>>>>>> If > >>>>>>>> it were application based, you'd expect the hotspot to just jump > to > >>>>>>> another > >>>>>>>> region server. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 3. have pored through region server logs and can't see anything > out > >>> of > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>> ordinary happening > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> The only other pertinent thing to mention might be that we have a > >>>>> special > >>>>>>>> process of our own running outside the cluster that does cluster > >>> wide > >>>>>>> major > >>>>>>>> compaction in a rolling fashion, where each batch consists of one > >>>>> region > >>>>>>>> from each region server, and it waits before one batch is > completely > >>>>> done > >>>>>>>> before starting another. We have seen no real impact on the > hotspot > >>>>> from > >>>>>>>> shutting this down and in normal times it doesn't impact our read > or > >>>>>>> write > >>>>>>>> performance much. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We are at our wit's end, anyone have experience with a scenario > like > >>>>>>> this? > >>>>>>>> Any help/guidance would be most appreciated. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ----- > >>>>>>>> Saad > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >