[HDFS-2680] DFSClient should construct failover proxy with exponential backoff

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Fix Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Component/s: ha, hdfs-client
• Target Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 14/Dec/11 08:30
• Updated: 16/Dec/11 04:25
• Resolved: 14/Dec/11 21:41

Description

HADOOP-7896 adds facilities in common for exponential backoff when failing back and forth between NNs. We need to use the new capability from DFSClient when we construct the proxy.

Issue Links

• relates to: HDFS-2005 Client should not timeout during a NN start - esp useful for HA NN