[jira] [Created] (HBASE-16291) Explain the correct semantic of hbase.client.retries.number in doc

["Phil Yang (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Phil Yang created HBASE-16291:
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             Summary: Explain the correct semantic of hbase.client.retries.number in doc
                 Key: HBASE-16291
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-16291
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Phil Yang
            Assignee: Phil Yang


In hbase-default.xml (and also in HBase Book), the description of hbase.client.retries.number is:
{quote}
Maximum retries.  Used as maximum for all retryable operations such as the getting of a cell's value, starting a row update, etc.  Retry interval is a rough function based on hbase.client.pause.  At first we retry at this interval but then with backoff, we pretty quickly reach  retrying every ten seconds.  See HConstants#RETRY_BACKOFF for how the backup ramps up.  Change this setting and hbase.client.pause to suit your workload.
{quote}

However, the semantic of this conf is confusing and different in various branches. After HBASE-14521, in master it means "the number of RETRIES", but in all the other branches it still means "the number of TRIES".

So I think we need make the doc clearly and tell users what it is in 0.98/1.x and what it will be from 2.0



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