Until HDFS-4882 and HDFS-7306 get real fixes, operations teams need a way to force close files. DNs are essentially held hostage by broken clients that never close. This situation will get worse as longer/permanently running jobs start increasing.
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HDFS-7306can't decommission w/under construction blocks
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HDFS-4882Prevent the Namenode's LeaseManager from looping forever in checkLeases