[jira] [Created] (FLUME-2887) Source fan-out and event duplication

["Adam Alloul (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Adam Alloul created FLUME-2887:
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             Summary: Source fan-out and event duplication
                 Key: FLUME-2887
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2887
             Project: Flume
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Channel, Sinks+Sources
    Affects Versions: v1.5.0
         Environment: VMs using RedHat
            Reporter: Adam Alloul


Hi there, 

in my current work I have come to discover a behaviour of Flume that doesn't seem to be expected. Explanation:

1- Architecture (flume 1.5, not tested on 1.6)
  a- flume server = virtual machine running one (and one only) flume server
  b- First Flume server (receives 1 flow of data and transfers it using AVRO to another Flume Server.
  c- the 2nd Flume replicates the source 4 times to 4 different sinks (the final sinks)
  d- All flume servers use the file channel

2- Problem description:
  a- one of the final sinks fails
  b- the channel feeding it buffers and fills up
  c- the first flume then starts buffering until channel is full even though the 3 other final sinks are still receiving and working correctly
  d- the channel is full on flume 1 and starts complaining.
  e- when the faulty sink is back again, flume 1 flushes its events
  f- this causes the events to be written multiple times into the 3 other non faulty final sinks in addition to the faulty one => very very high number of duplication (up to 24)


I believe that this is a bug and I did not see it reported by someone else. Please let me know if I am mistaken.

thank you,

Adam.



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