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Posted to user@flume.apache.org by Matt Wise <ma...@nextdoor.com> on 2013/05/13 21:17:04 UTC

Channel Sizing...

If we're using a filechannel, am I correct in believing that the only limit to the channel size is disk space? It is not limited by memory?

--Matt

RE: Channel Sizing...

Posted by Paul Chavez <pc...@verticalsearchworks.com>.

No, there are some considerations regarding heap size for very large channel capacities as documented here:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLUME/Flume%27s+Memory+Consumption 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Wise [mailto:matt@nextdoor.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:17 PM
To: user@flume.apache.org
Subject: Channel Sizing...

If we're using a filechannel, am I correct in believing that the only limit to the channel size is disk space? It is not limited by memory?

--Matt