[jira] [Commented] (HAMA-445) Make configurable checkpointing

["Suraj Menon (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Suraj Menon commented on HAMA-445:
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Does checkpoint interval here imply the number of supersteps before we initiate a checkpoint process? Should this be done within barrier synchronization period or should we have a Checkpointer daemon as we have for backing up namenode in Hadoop. With the second option, we might loose the determinism in finding/assuming at an instant of time (how many supersteps) or (the last superstep) that have been completely checkpointed. The first approach might make it slower but would have better determinism in checkpoint recovery. Please let me know if I have the correct understanding.
                
> Make configurable checkpointing
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>
>                 Key: HAMA-445
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAMA-445
>             Project: Hama
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: bsp
>    Affects Versions: 0.4.0
>            Reporter: Edward J. Yoon
>              Labels: newbie
>             Fix For: 0.5.0
>
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> We should extend the BSPJob to let the user set the checkpoint intervals.
> bq.  job.setCheckpointInterval(5);
> This method should put the parameter into the configuration of the job with a meaningful key, e.G. "bsp.checkpoint.interval".
> In the BSPPeerImpl we should check if this interval has been reached and make the checkpointing accordingly.
> Checkpointing gets called in BSPPeerImpl#sync(), there is already a condition which checks if checkpointing is enabled.
> Plus points:
> If you can provide an additional method in BSPJob that let's the user enable or disable checkpointing. Hint: Configuration key is: "bsp.checkpoint.enabled".

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