[HBASE-13467] Prototype using GRPC as IPC mechanism

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: API
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Louis Ryan
• Created: 14/Apr/15 19:59
• Updated: 24/Jun/22 18:35
• Resolved: 24/Jun/22 18:35

Description

GRPC provide an RPC layer for protocol buffers on top of Netty 4/5. This could be used to replace the current internal implementation.

GRPC supports some advanced features like streaming, async, flow-control, cancellation & timeout which might be useful

Will prototype on GitHub here if folks are interested
https://github.com/louiscryan/hbase