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[jira] [Updated] (FLUME-2401) Optionally Compress Backup Checkpoint

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2401?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Abraham Fine updated FLUME-2401:
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    Attachment: compress_backup_checkpoint.patch

> Optionally Compress Backup Checkpoint
> -------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLUME-2401
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2401
>             Project: Flume
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: File Channel
>    Affects Versions: v1.4.0, v1.5.0
>            Reporter: Abraham Fine
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: v1.6.0
>
>         Attachments: compress_backup_checkpoint.patch
>
>
> File Channels with a large capacity create big checkpoint files. If the channel is mostly empty when the backup checkpoint is written the file will be large but mostly '0'. It would be nice to be able to optionally compress the checkpoint to reduce disk utilization for the backup checkpoint.
> See: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flume-user/201406.mbox/%3C8B094F7E897248E89C8E55526178FD65%40cloudera.com%3E



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