HiveServer is multi-threaded, but there is a defect in the current HiveServer Thrift API that prevents it from robustly handling concurrent connections. This problem is described in more detail here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HiveServer2+Thrift+API Thanks. Carl On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Raghunath, Ranjith < ranjith.raghuna...@usaa.com> wrote: > Bertrand,**** > > ** ** > > The Hive Server is a thrift service that provides an interface for Hive. > You can connect to it using JDBC. It is not sure (out of box) as there is > no userid and password restrictions. On the concurrency part, it is single > threaded…….one query gets executed after the other.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Ranjith**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Bertrand Dechoux [mailto:decho...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, August 27, 2012 11:01 AM > *To:* user@hive.apache.org > *Subject:* HiveServer can not handle concurrent requests from more than > one client?**** > > ** ** > > Hi, > > I would like to have more information about this specific sentence from > the documentation. > "HiveServer can not handle concurrent requests from more than one client." > https://cwiki.apache.org/Hive/hiveserver.html > > Does it mean it is not possible with this server to provide a JDBC access > to an 'almost closed' environment for multiple users? > > Regards > > Bertrand**** >
