[HDFS-2016] 1073: remove/archive unneeded/old storage files

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Edit log branch (HDFS-1073)
• Fix Version/s: Edit log branch (HDFS-1073)
• Component/s: namenode
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 31/May/11 00:29
• Updated: 20/Jul/11 01:39
• Resolved: 07/Jun/11 22:30

Description

This JIRA is for the infrastructure that periodically scans the storage directories for files that are no longer necessary and "archives" them. The default archival is just to delete them, but we may implement something fancier in the future (eg move to SAN or HDFS)