[HDFS-15008] Expose client API to carry out In-Place EC of a file.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Aravindan Vijayan
• Reporter: Aravindan Vijayan
• Created: 21/Nov/19 22:59
• Updated: 10/Dec/19 21:28

Description

Converting a file will be a 3 step task:

• Make a temporary, erasure-coded copy.
• swapBlockList($src, $tmp) (HDFS-14989)
• delete($tmp)

The API should allow the EC blocks to use the storage policy of the original file through a config parameter.