Re: HDFS append

Posted by rmetzger0 on
URL: http://deprecated-apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.369.s1.nabble.com/HDFS-append-tp530p532.html

Hi,

I think there is no support for appending to HDFS files in Flink yet. 

HDFS supports it, but there are some adjustments in the system required (not deleting / creating directories before writing; exposing the append() methods in the FS abstractions).

I'm planning to work on the FS abstractions in the next week, if I have enough time, I can also look into adding support for append().

Another approach could be adding support for recursively reading directories with the input formats. Vasia asked for this feature a few days ago on the mailing list. If we would have that feature, you could just write to a directory and read the parent directory (with all the dirs for the appends).

Best,

Robert

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Flavio Pompermaier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi guys,

how can I efficiently appends data (as plain strings or also avro records) to  HDFS using Flink?

Do I need to use Flume or can I avoid it?

Thanks in advance,

Flavio