[ACCUMULO-1143] unload of METADATA default_tablet with merging minor compactions can lockup

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0, 1.5.1
• Component/s: tserver
• Labels: 15_qa_bug
• Assignee: Keith Turner
• Reporter: Eric C. Newton
• Created: 04/Mar/13 17:10
• Updated: 11/Sep/13 20:36
• Resolved: 11/Sep/13 20:36

Description

Unloading the default tablet of the !METADATA table can result in a merging minor compaction. This results in a delete marker for the unneeded resulting file. The delete marker goes into the default tablet of !METADATA. Which is offline while it performs its final minor compaction.

Issue Links

• is related to: ACCUMULO-1264 !METADATA table merge hangs
• is related to: ACCUMULO-1481 Root tablet in its own table