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  1. Hadoop Common
  2. HADOOP-16872

Performance improvement when distcp files in large dir with -direct option

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 3.3.0, 3.2.1
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    • tools/distcp
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    • Patch

    Description

      We use distcp with -direct option to copy a file between two large directories. We found it costed a few minutes. If we launch too much distcp jobs at the same time, NameNode  performance degradation is serious.

      hadoop -direct -skipcrccheck -update -prbugaxt -i -numListstatusThreads 1 hdfs://cluster1:8020/source/100.log  hdfs://cluster2:8020/target/100.jpg

        Dir path Count
      Source dir   hdfs://cluster1:8020/source/  100k+ files
      Target dir hdfs://cluster2:8020/target/  100k+  files

       

      Check code in CopyCommitter.java, we find in function

      deleteAttemptTempFiles() has a code targetFS.globStatus(new Path(targetWorkPath, ".distcp.tmp." + jobId.replaceAll("job","attempt") + "*")); 

      It will waste a lot of time when distcp between two large dirs. When we use distcp with -direct option,  it will direct write to the target file without generate a  '.distcp.tmp'  temp file. So, i think this code need add a judgment before call function deleteAttemptTempFiles, if distcp with -direct option, do nothing , directly return .  

       

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