[ASTERIXDB-2654] Potential LSM failure related to max file size

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Not A Bug
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.5
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.5
• Component/s: *DB - AsterixDB, IDX - Indexes, STO - Storage
• Assignee: Chen Luo
• Reporter: Michael J. Carey
• Created: 09/Oct/19 13:59
• Updated: 09/Oct/19 23:59
• Resolved: 09/Oct/19 23:59

Description

The new "unlimited" merge policy (aka concurrent) needs to gracefully handle the condition where the system has components that can no longer be merged due to OS file size limits!!! (Pointed out by M. Blow just now.)