[jira] [Commented] (FLUME-1490) Option to limit number of events sent in Stress source

["Patrick Wendell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Patrick Wendell commented on FLUME-1490:
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I had started a discussion about a load-generating source earlier that was configurable. My thought was that rather than a fixed event count, you really wanted something that generates events at a fixed _rate_. For instance, to mimic a given rate you'd expect from your data source.

Will - what is the use case for having a fixed count? Just to limit the length of an experiment?

                
> Option to limit number of events sent in Stress source
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLUME-1490
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1490
>             Project: Flume
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Sinks+Sources
>    Affects Versions: v1.2.0
>            Reporter: Will McQueen
>             Fix For: v1.3.0
>
>
> Currently the Stress source (used for testing purposes) has a 'size' prop to control the size of each event. It would be useful to also have a 'count' prop to control the number of events sent. When that limit is reached, the source's process() method can simply return Status.BACKOFF

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