[HADOOP-4234] KFS: Allow KFS layer to interface with multiple KFS namenodes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.0
• Component/s: fs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Changed KFS glue layer to allow applications to interface with multiple KFS metaservers.
• Assignee: Sriram Rao
• Reporter: Sriram Rao
• Created: 21/Sep/08 20:23
• Updated: 23/Apr/09 19:17
• Resolved: 24/Sep/08 17:47

Description

The KFS "glue" layer code in Hadoop, currently, only allows an application to interface with a single KFS namenode. The KFS client side library has been modified to allow applications to interface with multiple KFS namenodes. This jira issue is for incorporating the change into the KFS code.