[GIRAPH-1136] Giraph no longer checkpoints after loading input

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: bsp
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nic Eggert
• Created: 16/Mar/17 15:54
• Updated: 16/Mar/17 15:55

Description

From the Worker Failure section in Chapter 6 of Practical Analytics with Apache Giraph:

If checkpoints are enabled, you are guaranteed to have the initial graph data safely stored in HDFS.

Looking at the current code in o.a.g.master.BspServiceMaster:getCheckpointStatus, it looks like this is no longer the case. After a little bit of digging, it looks like this change was introduced here: https://github.com/apache/giraph/commit/5adca63deca25d84f4fdea053c35a85efc8bbb3d#diff-e16fdec9e3f573eba64cfe6eab512e19L657 (GIRAPH-933)

Was this change intentional? It seems like an initial checkpoint would be desirable (I have a job where 1/3 of the runtime is spent loading input splits).

The simplest fix would be to just add a special case for Superstep 0. If that's acceptable, I'd be happy to submit a PR.