[HBASE-14942] Allow turning off BoundedByteBufferPool

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Elliott Neil Clark
• Reporter: Elliott Neil Clark
• Created: 07/Dec/15 18:29
• Updated: 10/Dec/15 04:43
• Resolved: 09/Dec/15 23:40

Description

The G1 does a great job of compacting, there's no reason to use the BoundedByteBufferPool when the JVM can it for us. So we should allow turning this off for people who are running new jvm's where the G1 is working well.

Sub-Tasks

• NPE when IPC server ByteBuffer reservoir is turned off: Resolved