[HBASE-730] On startup, rinse STARTCODE and SERVER from .META.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.2.0
• Assignee: Jean-Daniel Cryans
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 08/Jul/08 16:59
• Updated: 22/Aug/08 21:13
• Resolved: 10/Jul/08 17:46

Description

Look into what it would take purging startcode and server from .META. on startup. It might make startup run faster. In particular, Clint Morgan was asking for faster startup. Below is from a reply. The +1 is from JK.

> > Looking at code, we have the concept of an 'initial' scan. I
> > wonder if things would run faster for you if on the initial
> > scan we just cleared all SERVER and STARTCODE entries in
> > .META. rather than wait on regionserver reports?

+1