[HBASE-4586] ThriftServer doesn't expose autoflush/writebuffer settings needed for write-heavy loads

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.4
• Component/s: Thrift
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Norbert Burger
• Created: 13/Oct/11 15:15
• Updated: 12/Jun/22 19:37
• Resolved: 11/Apr/15 00:52

Description

For write-heavy/bulk-load environments, two common recommendations are to disable autoFlush and increase the size of the write buffer:

HTable.setAutoFlush(false)
HTable.setWriteBufferSize(long writeBufferSize)

Neither of exposed via the Thrift API, which seems to preclude using the Thrift interface for write-heavy environments.

As a workaround, we could specify hbase.client.write.buffer in hbase-site.xml, but there is unfortunately not an equivalent configuration setting for autoflush.