[jira] [Commented] (ACCUMULO-2381) AddFilesWithMissingEntries needs to just find abandoned files, or be deleted

["Josh Elser (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Josh Elser commented on ACCUMULO-2381:
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>From Eric Newton, "I think that AddFilesWithMissingEntries should be removed, without a deprecation cycle."

Taking that with what Keith said, I would be in favor of removing the utility in its current state and creating a new utiliity that does just what Keith described. 

> AddFilesWithMissingEntries needs to just find abandoned files, or be deleted
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>
>                 Key: ACCUMULO-2381
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2381
>             Project: Accumulo
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
>            Reporter: Eric Newton
>            Priority: Minor
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> The usefulness of the AddFilesWithMissingEntries utility is questionable.
> #) it's very dangerous: it updates the metadata table of online tablets without checking or warning users
> #) there's no use case for wanting to re-incorporate abandoned metadata files for the metadata table
> #) the primary use case for this utility is to find abandoned files
> #) the list of files must fit in RAM, which probably requires changing jvm options on large systems
> #) the quality and stability of accumulo has improved to the point where having these sorts of crazy fix-it utilities is more trouble than they are worth
> #) as noted in ACCUMULO-2077, it does not work on multi-volume systems
> It would be nice to look for abandoned files, and it might even be worth doing in the GC on a continuous basis. 



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