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The Hadoop Distributed File System: Architecture and
Design
Hadoop 分布式文件系统: 构架和设
- Introduction
介绍
- Assumptions and Goals
假设和目标
- Hardware Failure
硬件失效
- Streaming Data Access
流模式数据访问
- Large Data Sets
大数据集支持
- Simple Coherency Model
- “Moving Computation is Cheaper than Moving Data”
“移动计算方法比移动数据廉价”
- Portability Across Heterogeneous Hardware and
Software Platforms
硬件和软件平台的可移植性
- Namenode and Datanodes
名字节点和数据节点
- The File System Namespace
文件系统名字空间
- Data Replication 数据副本
- Replica Placement: The First Baby Steps
副本的存放: 婴儿的第一步
- Replica Selection
副本的选择
- SafeMode
安全模式
- The Persistence of File System Metadata
文件系统元数据的持久化
- The Communication Protocols
通讯协议
- Robustness
健壮性
- Data Disk Failure, Heartbeats and Re-Replication
磁盘故障、心跳、再复制
- Cluster Rebalancing
群集的负载均衡
- Data Integrity
数据整合
- Metadata Disk Failure
元数据磁盘故障
- Snapshots
快照
- Data Organization
数据管理
- Data Blocks
数据块
- Staging
分段运输
- Replication Pipelining
管道式的复制
- Accessibility
访问方式
- DFSShell
命令行接口
- DFSAdmin
管理工具
- Browser Interface
浏览器借口
- Space Reclamation
空间的回收
- File Deletes and Undeletes
文件的删除和恢复
- Decrease Replication Factor
减少副本参数设置
- References
参考
Introduction
介绍
The Hadoop Distributed File System
(HDFS
) is a distributed file system designed to run on commodity
hardware. It has many similarities with existing distributed
file systems. However, the differences from other distributed
file systems are significant. HDFS is highly fault-tolerant
and is designed to be deployed on low-cost hardware.
HDFS provides high throughput access to application
data and is suitable for applications that have large
data sets. HDFS relaxes a few POSIX requirements to
enable streaming access to file system data. HDFS was
originally built as infrastructure for the Apache Nutch
web search engine project. HDFS is part of the Apache
Hadoop Core project. The project URL is
http://hadoop.apache.org/core/ .
Hadoop分布式文件系统(HDFS
) 是一种设计运行在一般硬件条件(非服务器)下的分布式文件系统. 他和现有的其他分布式文件系统有很多相似.
但,和其他分布式文件系统的不同之处才是最重要的. HDFS 设计为运行在低成本的硬件上,且提供高可靠性的服务器.
HDFS设计满足大数据量,大吞吐量的情况。HDFS提供POSIX标准的按流方式访问数据的方法。HDFS原先是Apache
Nutch 网站搜索引擎项目的一个基础部分. HDFS 是Hadoop Corex项目的一部分. 项目网址:http://hadoop.apache.org/core/
.
Assumptions and Goals
假定和目标
Hardware Failure
硬件失效
Hardware failure is the norm rather
than the exception. An HDFS instance may consist of
hundreds or thousands of server machines, each storing
part of the file system’s data. The fact that there
are a huge number of components and that each component
has a non-trivial probability of failure means that
some component of HDFS is always non-functional. Therefore,
detection of faults and quick, automatic recovery from
them is a core architectural goal of HDFS.
硬件失效比一般一场更为普遍. 一个HDFS运行实例可有包含几百或几千台服务器,
每一个存储一部分文件系统的数据. 因为由大量的服务器组成,任何一个服务器的小概率的失效意味着整个文件系统的不能工作。因此检测错误,并且快速自动的恢复是HDFS的一个核心构架目标.
Streaming Data Access
流方式的数据访问
Applications that run on HDFS need
streaming access to their data sets. They are not general
purpose applications that typically run on general purpose
file systems. HDFS is designed more for batch processing
rather than interactive use by users. The emphasis is
on high throughput of data access rather than low latency
of data access. POSIX imposes many hard requirements
that are not needed for applications that are targeted
for HDFS. POSIX semantics in a few key areas has been
traded to increase data throughput rates.
应用程序需要通过流方式访问数据,他们不是运行在一般文件系统上的应用.
HDFS设计为批处理模式,而不是交互模式. 强调高吞吐量而不是低延时。POSIX的一些语义,被认为是提高吞吐量的方式,对运行在HDFS上的应用是不需要。
Large Data Sets
大的数据集支持
Applications that run on HDFS have
large data sets. A typical file in HDFS is gigabytes
to terabytes in size. Thus, HDFS is tuned to support
large files. It should provide high aggregate data bandwidth
and scale to hundreds of nodes in a single cluster.
It should support tens of millions of files in a single
instance.
运行在HDFS上的应用程序有很大的数据量. 典型的文件大小是G bytes
到 T bytes. 因此,HDFS需要调整到支持很大的文件,需要支持很大的数据带宽,以及在一个服务器群集中可扩展到几百个节点,支持数千万个文件。
Simple Coherency Model
简单的一致性模型
HDFS applications need a write-once-read-many
access model for files. A file once created, written,
and closed need not be changed. This assumption simplifies
data coherency issues and enables high throughput data
access. A MapReduce application or a web crawler application
fits perfectly with this model. There is a plan to support
appending-writes to files in the future.
HDFS应用程序写一次读多次的文件访问模型. 文件一点别建立、写入、关闭,将不能被改变了.
这个假定简化了文件一致性的术语,能够提高数据访问的吞吐量. 一个MapReduce应用程序或网络爬虫应用程序非常的适合这种模型.
我们有个一个计划,在未来添加支持追加写入的功能.
“Moving Computation is Cheaper than
Moving Data”
“移动计算方法比移动数据便宜”
A computation requested by an application
is much more efficient if it is executed near the data
it operates on. This is especially true when the size
of the data set is huge. This minimizes network congestion
and increases the overall throughput of the system.
The assumption is that it is often better to migrate
the computation closer to where the data is located
rather than moving the data to where the application
is running. HDFS provides interfaces for applications
to move themselves closer to where the data is located.
应用的一个计算请求假如在离数据更近的地方计算将会更有效率. 这样在数据十分巨大的时候更加明显.
这样可以最小化网络阻塞和增加整个系统的吞吐量. 有个设想是,经常移动程序到他计算的数据附近,而不是经常移动数据到他相关的应用程序附近.
HDFS为应用提供一个接口,方面他们(程序)移动自己到离他们数据更近的地方.
Portability Across Heterogeneous
Hardware and Software Platforms
跨不同硬件和软件平台的和移植性
HDFS has been designed to be easily
portable from one platform to another. This facilitates
widespread adoption of HDFS as a platform of choice
for a large set of applications.
HDFS被设计为可以方便的从一个平台移植到另外一个平台. 这样有助于HDFS被大量的应用采纳.
Namenode and Datanodes
名字节点和数据节点
HDFS has a master/slave architecture.
An HDFS cluster consists of a single Namenode
, a master server that manages the file system namespace
and regulates access to files by clients. In addition,
there are a number of Datanodes , usually one
per node in the cluster, which manage storage attached
to the nodes that they run on. HDFS exposes a file system
namespace and allows user data to be stored in files.
Internally, a file is split into one or more blocks and
these blocks are stored in a set of Datanodes. The Namenode
executes file system namespace operations like opening,
closing, and renaming files and directories. It also determines
the mapping of blocks to Datanodes. The Datanodes are
responsible for serving read and write requests from the
file system’s clients. The Datanodes also perform block
creation, deletion, and replication upon instruction from
the Namenode. HDFS是一个主从构架.
一个HDFS群集有单个名字节点 组成, 一个主服务器管理文件系统的名字空间和调节客户端对文件的访问.
另外, 存在一些数据节点 , 一般来说每一个在群集中的节点管理它运行所在机器的存储(磁盘).
HDFS 暴露一个文件系统命名空间以及允许用户数据被存在文件中. 在内部, 一个文件被分为一个或多个快,这些块被存在一系列的数据节点上.
名字节点管理文件系统的操作,例如,打开文件、关闭文件、文件改名、目录维护。它也决定数据块到数据节点的映射.
数据节点的责任是满足客户程序的读写请求。数据节点执行来自于名字节点的建立、删除、复制指令.
The Namenode and Datanode are
pieces of software designed to run on commodity machines.
These machines typically run a GNU/Linux operating system
(OS ). HDFS
is built using the Java language; any machine that supports
Java can run the Namenode or the Datanode software.
Usage of the highly portable Java language means that
HDFS can be deployed on a wide range of machines. A
typical deployment has a dedicated machine that runs
only the Namenode software. Each of the other machines
in the cluster runs one instance of the Datanode software.
The architecture does not preclude running multiple
Datanodes on the same machine but in a real deployment
that is rarely the case.
The Namenode and Datanode are pieces
of software designed to run on commodity machines. These
machines typically run a GNU/Linux operating system
(OS ). HDFS
is built using the Java language; any machine that supports
Java can run the Namenode or the Datanode software.
Usage of the highly portable Java language means that
HDFS can be deployed on a wide range of machines. A
typical deployment has a dedicated machine that runs
only the Namenode software. Each of the other machines
in the cluster runs one instance of the Datanode software.
The architecture does not preclude running multiple
Datanodes on the same machine but in a real deployment
that is rarely the case.
The existence of a single Namenode
in a cluster greatly simplifies the architecture of
the system. The Namenode is the arbitrator and repository
for all HDFS metadata. The system is designed in such
a way that user data never flows through the
Namenode.
The existence of a single Namenode
in a cluster greatly simplifies the architecture of
the system. The Namenode is the arbitrator and repository
for all HDFS metadata. The system is designed in such
a way that user data never flows through the
Namenode.
The File System Namespace
文件系统名字空间
HDFS supports a traditional hierarchical
file organization. A user or an application can create
directories and store files inside these directories.
The file system namespace hierarchy is similar to most
other existing file systems; one can create and remove
files, move a file from one directory to another, or rename
a file. HDFS does not yet implement user quotas or access
permissions. HDFS does not support hard links or soft
links. However, the HDFS architecture does not preclude
implementing these features. HDFS
supports a traditional hierarchical file organization.
A user or an application can create directories and
store files inside these directories. The file system
namespace hierarchy is similar to most other existing
file systems; one can create and remove files, move
a file from one directory to another, or rename a file.
HDFS does not yet implement user quotas or access permissions.
HDFS does not support hard links or soft links. However,
the HDFS architecture does not preclude implementing
these features.
The Namenode maintains the file system
namespace. Any change to the file system namespace or
its properties is recorded by the Namenode. An application
can specify the number of replicas of a file that should
be maintained by HDFS. The number of copies of a file
is called the replication factor of that file. This
information is stored by the Namenode.
The Namenode maintains the file system
namespace. Any change to the file system namespace or
its properties is recorded by the Namenode. An application
can specify the number of replicas of a file that should
be maintained by HDFS. The number of copies of a file
is called the replication factor of that file. This
information is stored by the Namenode.
Data Replication
数据复制
HDFS is designed to reliably store
very large files across machines in a large cluster. It
stores each file as a sequence of blocks; all blocks in
a file except the last block are the same size. The blocks
of a file are replicated for fault tolerance. The block
size and replication factor are configurable per file.
An application can specify the number of replicas of a
file. The replication factor can be specified at file
creation time and can be changed later. Files in HDFS
are write-once and have strictly one writer at any time.
The Namenode makes all decisions
regarding replication of blocks. It periodically receives
a Heartbeat and a Blockreport from
each of the Datanodes in the cluster. Receipt of a Heartbeat
implies that the Datanode is functioning properly. A
Blockreport contains a list of all blocks on a Datanode.
Replica Placement: The First
Baby Steps
数据副本的存放: 婴儿的第一步
The placement of replicas is critical
to HDFS reliability and performance. Optimizing replica
placement distinguishes HDFS from most other distributed
file systems. This is a feature that needs lots of tuning
and experience. The purpose of a rack-aware replica
placement policy is to improve data reliability, availability,
and network bandwidth utilization. The current implementation
for the replica placement policy is a first effort in
this direction. The short-term goals of implementing
this policy are to validate it on production systems,
learn more about its behavior, and build a foundation
to test and research more sophisticated policies.
The placement of replicas is critical
to HDFS reliability and performance. Optimizing replica
placement distinguishes HDFS from most other distributed
file systems. This is a feature that needs lots of tuning
and experience. The purpose of a rack-aware replica
placement policy is to improve data reliability, availability,
and network bandwidth utilization. The current implementation
for the replica placement policy is a first effort in
this direction. The short-term goals of implementing
this policy are to validate it on production systems,
learn more about its behavior, and build a foundation
to test and research more sophisticated policies.
Large HDFS instances run on a cluster
of computers that commonly spread across many racks.
Communication between two nodes in different racks has
to go through switches. In most cases, network bandwidth
between machines in the same rack is greater than network
bandwidth between machines in different racks.
Large HDFS instances run on a cluster
of computers that commonly spread across many racks.
Communication between two nodes in different racks has
to go through switches. In most cases, network bandwidth
between machines in the same rack is greater than network
bandwidth between machines in different racks.
The NameNode determines the rack id
each DataNode belongs to via the process outlined in
Rack Awareness . A simple but non-optimal policy
is to place replicas on unique racks. This prevents
losing data when an entire rack fails and allows use
of bandwidth from multiple racks when reading data.
This policy evenly distributes replicas in the cluster
which makes it easy to balance load on component failure.
However, this policy increases the cost of writes because
a write needs to transfer blocks to multiple racks.
The NameNode determines the rack id
each DataNode belongs to via the process outlined in
Rack Awareness . A simple but non-optimal policy
is to place replicas on unique racks. This prevents
losing data when an entire rack fails and allows use
of bandwidth from multiple racks when reading data.
This policy evenly distributes replicas in the cluster
which makes it easy to balance load on component failure.
However, this policy increases the cost of writes because
a write needs to transfer blocks to multiple racks.
For the common case, when the replication
factor is three, HDFS’s placement policy is to put one
replica on one node in the local rack, another on a
different node in the local rack, and the last on a
different node in a different rack. This policy cuts
the inter-rack write traffic which generally improves
write performance. The chance of rack failure is far
less than that of node failure; this policy does not
impact data reliability and availability guarantees.
However, it does reduce the aggregate network bandwidth
used when reading data since a block is placed in only
two unique racks rather than three. With this policy,
the replicas of a file do not evenly distribute across
the racks. One third of replicas are on one node, two
thirds of replicas are on one rack, and the other third
are evenly distributed across the remaining racks. This
policy improves write performance without compromising
data reliability or read performance.
For the common case, when the replication
factor is three, HDFS’s placement policy is to put one
replica on one node in the local rack, another on a
different node in the local rack, and the last on a
different node in a different rack. This policy cuts
the inter-rack write traffic which generally improves
write performance. The chance of rack failure is far
less than that of node failure; this policy does not
impact data reliability and availability guarantees.
However, it does reduce the aggregate network bandwidth
used when reading data since a block is placed in only
two unique racks rather than three. With this policy,
the replicas of a file do not evenly distribute across
the racks. One third of replicas are on one node, two
thirds of replicas are on one rack, and the other third
are evenly distributed across the remaining racks. This
policy improves write performance without compromising
data reliability or read performance.
The current, default replica placement
policy described here is a work in progress.
The current, default replica placement
policy described here is a work in progress.
Replica Selection
复制选择
To minimize global bandwidth consumption
and read latency, HDFS tries to satisfy a read request
from a replica that is closest to the reader. If there
exists a replica on the same rack as the reader node,
then that replica is preferred to satisfy the read request.
If angg/ HDFS cluster spans multiple data centers, then
a replica that is resident in the local data center
is preferred over any remote replica.
为了减少全局带宽和读延时, HDFS尝试把最近的一个副本给读的应用.
假如和读的应用在同一个机架存在副本, 则这个副本优先被读取. 假如HDFS群集存在多个数据中心, 则本地数据中心优先被读取.
SafeMode
安全模式
On startup, the Namenode enters a special
state called Safemode . Replication of data
blocks does not occur when the Namenode is in the Safemode
state. The Namenode receives Heartbeat and Blockreport
messages from the Datanodes. A Blockreport contains
the list of data blocks that a Datanode is hosting.
Each block has a specified minimum number of replicas.
A block is considered safely replicated when
the minimum number of replicas of that data block has
checked in with the Namenode. After a configurable percentage
of safely replicated data blocks checks in with the
Namenode (plus an additional 30 seconds), the Namenode
exits the Safemode state. It then determines the list
of data blocks (if any) that still have fewer than the
specified number of replicas. The Namenode then replicates
these blocks to other Datanodes.
On startup, the Namenode enters a special
state called Safemode . Replication of data
blocks does not occur when the Namenode is in the Safemode
state. The Namenode receives Heartbeat and Blockreport
messages from the Datanodes. A Blockreport contains
the list of data blocks that a Datanode is hosting.
Each block has a specified minimum number of replicas.
A block is considered safely replicated when
the minimum number of replicas of that data block has
checked in with the Namenode. After a configurable percentage
of safely replicated data blocks checks in with the
Namenode (plus an additional 30 seconds), the Namenode
exits the Safemode state. It then determines the list
of data blocks (if any) that still have fewer than the
specified number of replicas. The Namenode then replicates
these blocks to other Datanodes.
The Persistence of File System Metadata
The Persistence of File System Metadata
The HDFS namespace is stored by
the Namenode. The Namenode uses a transaction log called
the EditLog to persistently record every change
that occurs to file system metadata . For example,
creating a new file in HDFS causes the Namenode to insert
a record into the EditLog indicating this. Similarly,
changing the replication factor of a file causes a new
record to be inserted into the EditLog. The Namenode uses
a file in its local host OS file system to store
the EditLog. The entire file system namespace, including
the mapping of blocks to files and file system properties,
is stored in a file called the FsImage . The
FsImage is stored as a file in the Namenode’s local file
system too. The HDFS namespace
is stored by the Namenode. The Namenode uses a transaction
log called the EditLog to persistently record
every change that occurs to file system metadata
. For example, creating a new file in HDFS causes the
Namenode to insert a record into the EditLog indicating
this. Similarly, changing the replication factor of
a file causes a new record to be inserted into the EditLog.
The Namenode uses a file in its local host
OS file system to store the EditLog. The entire file
system namespace, including the mapping of blocks to
files and file system properties, is stored in a file
called the FsImage . The FsImage is stored
as a file in the Namenode’s local file system too.
The Namenode keeps an image of the
entire file system namespace and file Blockmap
in memory. This key metadata item is designed to be
compact, such that a Namenode with 4 GB of RAM is plenty
to support a huge number of files and directories. When
the Namenode starts up, it reads the FsImage and EditLog
from disk, applies all the transactions from the EditLog
to the in-memory representation of the FsImage, and
flushes out this new version into a new FsImage on disk.
It can then truncate the old EditLog because its transactions
have been applied to the persistent FsImage. This process
is called a checkpoint . In the current implementation,
a checkpoint only occurs when the Namenode starts up.
Work is in progress to support periodic checkpointing
in the near future.
The Namenode keeps an image of the
entire file system namespace and file Blockmap
in memory. This key metadata item is designed to be
compact, such that a Namenode with 4 GB of RAM is plenty
to support a huge number of files and directories. When
the Namenode starts up, it reads the FsImage and EditLog
from disk, applies all the transactions from the EditLog
to the in-memory representation of the FsImage, and
flushes out this new version into a new FsImage on disk.
It can then truncate the old EditLog because its transactions
have been applied to the persistent FsImage. This process
is called a checkpoint . In the current implementation,
a checkpoint only occurs when the Namenode starts up.
Work is in progress to support periodic checkpointing
in the near future.
The Datanode stores HDFS data in files
in its local file system. The Datanode has no knowledge
about HDFS files. It stores each block of HDFS data
in a separate file in its local file system. The Datanode
does not create all files in the same directory. Instead,
it uses a heuristic to determine the optimal number
of files per directory and creates subdirectories appropriately.
It is not optimal to create all local files in the same
directory because the local file system might not be
able to efficiently support a huge number of files in
a single directory. When a Datanode starts up, it scans
through its local file system, generates a list of all
HDFS data blocks that correspond to each of these local
files and sends this report to the Namenode: this is
the Blockreport.
The Datanode stores HDFS data in files
in its local file system. The Datanode has no knowledge
about HDFS files. It stores each block of HDFS data
in a separate file in its local file system. The Datanode
does not create all files in the same directory. Instead,
it uses a heuristic to determine the optimal number
of files per directory and creates subdirectories appropriately.
It is not optimal to create all local files in the same
directory because the local file system might not be
able to efficiently support a huge number of files in
a single directory. When a Datanode starts up, it scans
through its local file system, generates a list of all
HDFS data blocks that correspond to each of these local
files and sends this report to the Namenode: this is
the Blockreport.
The Communication Protocols
通讯协议
All HDFS communication protocols
are layered on top of the TCP/IP protocol. A client establishes
a connection to a configurable
TCP port on the Namenode machine. It talks the
ClientProtocol with the Namenode. The Datanodes
talk to the Namenode using the DatanodeProtocol
. A Remote Procedure Call (RPC
) abstraction wraps both the ClientProtocol and the DatanodeProtocol.
By design, the Namenode never initiates any RPCs. Instead,
it only responds to RPC requests issued by Datanodes or
clients. All HDFS communication
protocols are layered on top of the TCP/IP protocol.
A client establishes a connection to a configurable
TCP
port on the Namenode machine. It talks the ClientProtocol
with the Namenode. The Datanodes talk to the Namenode
using the DatanodeProtocol . A Remote Procedure
Call (RPC
) abstraction wraps both the ClientProtocol and the
DatanodeProtocol. By design, the Namenode never initiates
any RPCs. Instead, it only responds to RPC requests
issued by Datanodes or clients.
Robustness
健壮性
The primary objective of HDFS is
to store data reliably even in the presence of failures.
The three common types of failures are Namenode failures,
Datanode failures and network partitions. The
primary objective of HDFS is to store data reliably
even in the presence of failures. The three common types
of failures are Namenode failures, Datanode failures
and network partitions.
Data Disk Failure, Heartbeats and
Re-Replication
磁盘错误, 心跳 and 再复制
Each Datanode sends a Heartbeat message
to the Namenode periodically. A network partition can
cause a subset of Datanodes to lose connectivity with
the Namenode. The Namenode detects this condition by
the absence of a Heartbeat message. The Namenode marks
Datanodes without recent Heartbeats as dead and does
not forward any new IO
requests to them. Any data that was registered to a
dead Datanode is not available to HDFS any more. Datanode
death may cause the replication factor of some blocks
to fall below their specified value. The Namenode constantly
tracks which blocks need to be replicated and initiates
replication whenever necessary. The necessity for re-replication
may arise due to many reasons: a Datanode may become
unavailable, a replica may become corrupted, a hard
disk on a Datanode may fail, or the replication factor
of a file may be increased.
Each Datanode sends a Heartbeat message
to the Namenode periodically. A network partition can
cause a subset of Datanodes to lose connectivity with
the Namenode. The Namenode detects this condition by
the absence of a Heartbeat message. The Namenode marks
Datanodes without recent Heartbeats as dead and does
not forward any new IO
requests to them. Any data that was registered to a
dead Datanode is not available to HDFS any more. Datanode
death may cause the replication factor of some blocks
to fall below their specified value. The Namenode constantly
tracks which blocks need to be replicated and initiates
replication whenever necessary. The necessity for re-replication
may arise due to many reasons: a Datanode may become
unavailable, a replica may become corrupted, a hard
disk on a Datanode may fail, or the replication factor
of a file may be increased.
Cluster Rebalancing
全局负载平衡
The HDFS architecture is compatible
with data rebalancing schemes . A scheme might
automatically move data from one Datanode to another
if the free space on a Datanode falls below a certain
threshold. In the event of a sudden high demand for
a particular file, a scheme might dynamically create
additional replicas and rebalance other data in the
cluster. These types of data rebalancing schemes are
not yet implemented.
The HDFS architecture is compatible
with data rebalancing schemes . A scheme might
automatically move data from one Datanode to another
if the free space on a Datanode falls below a certain
threshold. In the event of a sudden high demand for
a particular file, a scheme might dynamically create
additional replicas and rebalance other data in the
cluster. These types of data rebalancing schemes are
not yet implemented.
Data Integrity
数据完整性
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a block of data fetched from a Datanode arrives corrupted.
This corruption can occur because of faults in a storage
device, network faults, or buggy software. The HDFS
client software implements checksum checking on the
contents of HDFS files. When a client creates an HDFS
file, it computes a checksum of each block of the file
and stores these checksums in a separate hidden file
in the same HDFS namespace. When a client retrieves
file contents it verifies that the data it received
from each Datanode matches the checksum stored in the
associated checksum file. If not, then the client can
opt to retrieve that block from another Datanode that
has a replica of that block.
<!-- --> It is possible that
a block of data fetched from a Datanode arrives corrupted.
This corruption can occur because of faults in a storage
device, network faults, or buggy software. The HDFS
client software implements checksum checking on the
contents of HDFS files. When a client creates an HDFS
file, it computes a checksum of each block of the file
and stores these checksums in a separate hidden file
in the same HDFS namespace. When a client retrieves
file contents it verifies that the data it received
from each Datanode matches the checksum stored in the
associated checksum file. If not, then the client can
opt to retrieve that block from another Datanode that
has a replica of that block.
Metadata Disk Failure
元数据磁盘故障
The FsImage and the EditLog are central
data structures of HDFS. A corruption of these files
can cause the HDFS instance to be non-functional. For
this reason, the Namenode can be configured to support
maintaining multiple copies of the FsImage and EditLog.
Any update to either the FsImage or EditLog causes each
of the FsImages and EditLogs to get updated synchronously.
This synchronous updating of multiple copies of the
FsImage and EditLog may degrade the rate of namespace
transactions per second that a Namenode can support.
However, this degradation is acceptable because even
though HDFS applications are very data intensive
in nature, they are not metadata intensive.
When a Namenode restarts, it selects the latest consistent
FsImage and EditLog to use.
FsImage和EditLog是HDFS中心的数据结构. 这些文件中一个损毁阿会引起HDFS实例的不能正常工作.
因为这个原因, 名字节点能够被设置为支持维护多个FsImage和EditLog的副本. 任何一个FsImage或EditLog更新了,引起其他的FsImages和EditLogs都同步更新了.
这个同步更新FsImage、EditLog多个copy的机制,会减少名字节点每秒处理事务的数量. 无论如何,
这个损失是可以被接受的,因为即使HDFS应用程序的运算速度是非常重要的,但也没有元数据重要. 当名字节点重起,
它选择最新,且数据一致的FsImage和EditLog被使用.
The Namenode machine is a single point
of failure for an HDFS cluster. If the Namenode machine
fails, manual intervention is necessary. Currently,
automatic restart and failover of the Namenode software
to another machine is not supported.
名字节点服务器是HDFS群集中的一个单点故障点. 假如名字节点失效了,
人工的操作是必须的. 在当前, 自动重起并且修复错误,自动将名字节点软件部署到另外一台机器还没有被支持。
Snapshots
数据快照
Snapshots support storing a copy of
data at a particular instant of time. One usage of the
snapshot feature may be to roll back a corrupted HDFS
instance to a previously known good point in time. HDFS
does not currently support snapshots but will in a future
release.
快照支持存储一个分布式文件系统某个时间的一份copy数据。快照的用处是可以回滚HDFS实例到之前好的状态点。HDFS现在还不支持快照,但是以后版本打算支持.
Data Organization
数据组织
Data Blocks
数据块
HDFS is designed to support very large
files. Applications that are compatible with HDFS are
those that deal with large data sets. These applications
write their data only once but they read it one or more
times and require these reads to be satisfied at streaming
speeds. HDFS supports write-once-read-many semantics
on files. A typical block size used by HDFS is 64 MB.
Thus, an HDFS file is chopped up into 64 MB chunks,
and if possible, each chunk will reside on a different
Datanode.
HDFS被设计为支持非常大的文件. 在HDFS运行的软件都是处理大数据集的.
这些应用程序一般写一次数据,但是可能需要顺畅的对那些数据读一次或多次. HDFS支持写一次读多次的文件语义.
一个典型的HDFS文件块大小是64MB. 应次, 一个HDFS文件被分割成64MB大小的数据块集合, 如果可能,
每一个块可以在不同的数据节点上。
Staging
分段运输
A client request to create a file does
not reach the Namenode immediately. In fact, initially
the HDFS client caches the file data into a temporary
local file. Application writes are transparently redirected
to this temporary local file. When the local file accumulates
data worth over one HDFS block size, the client contacts
the Namenode. The Namenode inserts the file name into
the file system hierarchy and allocates a data block
for it. The Namenode responds to the client request
with the identity of the Datanode and the destination
data block. Then the client flushes the block of data
from the local temporary file to the specified Datanode.
When a file is closed, the remaining un-flushed data
in the temporary local file is transferred to the Datanode.
The client then tells the Namenode that the file is
closed. At this point, the Namenode commits the file
creation operation into a persistent store. If the Namenode
dies before the file is closed, the file is lost.
A client request to create a file does
not reach the Namenode immediately. In fact, initially
the HDFS client caches the file data into a temporary
local file. Application writes are transparently redirected
to this temporary local file. When the local file accumulates
data worth over one HDFS block size, the client contacts
the Namenode. The Namenode inserts the file name into
the file system hierarchy and allocates a data block
for it. The Namenode responds to the client request
with the identity of the Datanode and the destination
data block. Then the client flushes the block of data
from the local temporary file to the specified Datanode.
When a file is closed, the remaining un-flushed data
in the temporary local file is transferred to the Datanode.
The client then tells the Namenode that the file is
closed. At this point, the Namenode commits the file
creation operation into a persistent store. If the Namenode
dies before the file is closed, the file is lost.
The above approach has been adopted
after careful consideration of target applications that
run on HDFS. These applications need streaming writes
to files. If a client writes to a remote file directly
without any client side buffering, the network speed
and the congestion in the network impacts throughput
considerably. This approach is not without precedent.
Earlier distributed file systems, e.g.
AFS , have used client side caching to improve
performance. A POSIX requirement has been relaxed to
achieve higher performance of data uploads.
The above approach has been adopted
after careful consideration of target applications that
run on HDFS. These applications need streaming writes
to files. If a client writes to a remote file directly
without any client side buffering, the network speed
and the congestion in the network impacts throughput
considerably. This approach is not without precedent.
Earlier distributed file systems, e.g.
AFS , have used client side caching to improve
performance. A POSIX requirement has been relaxed to
achieve higher performance of data uploads.
Replication Pipelining
管道方式的复制操作
When a client is writing data to an
HDFS file, its data is first written to a local file
as explained in the previous section. Suppose the HDFS
file has a replication factor of three. When the local
file accumulates a full block of user data, the client
retrieves a list of Datanodes from the Namenode. This
list contains the Datanodes that will host a replica
of that block. The client then flushes the data block
to the first Datanode. The first Datanode starts receiving
the data in small portions (4 KB), writes each portion
to its local repository and transfers that portion to
the second Datanode in the list. The second Datanode,
in turn starts receiving each portion of the data block,
writes that portion to its repository and then flushes
that portion to the third Datanode. Finally, the third
Datanode writes the data to its local repository. Thus,
a Datanode can be receiving data from the previous one
in the pipeline and at the same time forwarding data
to the next one in the pipeline. Thus, the data is pipelined
from one Datanode to the next.
当一个客户端写数据到HDFS文件时,数据前面一段先写入本地文件. 假设,HDFS文件的副本参数为3.
当本地文件累计到满一个数据块时,客户端从名字节点得到一个数据节点列表.这些数据节点将存放这个数据块的一个副本.
接着,客户端刷新数据到第一个数据节点. 第一个数据节点开始接收数据,一小块一小块接收(4K), 将每一小块的数据写到本地存储,同时将这一小块数据传输到列表上的第二个数据节点上.
第二个数据节点, 继续接受数据写到本地存储,接着传输到第三个数据节点上。最后第三节点将数据写到它的本地存储上。就这样,一个数据节点能够从管道的前一个接收数据,同时又将数据传给管道中的下一个节点,就这样数据在管道中从一个数据节点传送到另一个数据节点。
Accessibility
访问方式
HDFS can be accessed from applications
in many different ways. Natively, HDFS provides a
Java API for applications to use. A C language wrapper
for this Java API is also available. In addition, an HTTP
browser can also be used to browse the files of an HDFS
instance. Work is in progress to expose HDFS through the
WebDAV protocol.
应用能够通过多总方式访问HDFS. 原生接口, HDFS提供Java
应用程序接口 . C语言包装的Java 应用程序接口. 另外, 浏览器能够HDFS上的文件. Work
is in progress to expose HDFS through the
WebDAV protocol.
DFSShell
分布式文件系统命令行接口
HDFS allows user data to be organized
in the form of files and directories. It provides a
commandline interface called DFSShell that
lets a user interact with the data in HDFS. The syntax
of this command set is similar to other shells (e.g.
bash, csh) that users are already familiar with. Here
are some sample action/command pairs:
HDFS允许用户数据被组织成文件和目录的形式. 提供的命令行形式的接口叫DFSShell
,是用户和HDFS中数据交互的一种接口. 语法有点像其他用户已经熟悉的命令行环境(例如 bash, csh).
这里提供一些功能和命令的例子:
Action 功能 |
Command 命令 |
Create a directory named /foodir
|
bin/hadoop dfs -mkdir /foodir
|
建立一个目录 /foodir |
bin/hadoop dfs -mkdir /foodir
|
View the contents of a file named
/foodir/myfile.txt |
bin/hadoop dfs -cat /foodir/myfile.txt
|
查看/foodir/myfile.txt 文件的内容 |
bin/hadoop dfs -cat /foodir/myfile.txt
|
DFSShell is targeted for applications
that need a scripting language to interact with the
stored data.
DFSShell的目的是为了应用程序通过脚本访问HDFS中的数据.
DFSAdmin
管理工具
The DFSAdmin command set
is used for administering an HDFS cluster. These are
commands that are used only by an HDFS administrator.
Here are some sample action/command pairs:
DFSAdmin 的一组命令是用于管理HDFS群集.
这些命令主要给HDFS管理员使用. 这里提供一些功能和命令的例子:
Action 功能 |
Command 命令 |
Put a cluster in SafeMode (设置群集进入安全模式) |
bin/hadoop dfsadmin -safemode
enter |
Generate a list of Datanodes
(产生一个数据节点列表) |
bin/hadoop dfsadmin -report |
Decommission Datanode datanodename
|
bin/hadoop dfsadmin -decommission
datanodename |
使数据节点datanodename 推出 |
bin/hadoop dfsadmin -decommission
datanodename |
Browser Interface
浏览器接口
A typical HDFS install configures a
web server to expose the HDFS namespace through a configurable
TCP port. This allows a user to navigate the HDFS namespace
and view the contents of its files using a web browser.
一个典型的HDFS安装通过一个可配置的端口的网站服务器来暴露HDFS名字空间.
他允许用户浏览HDFS名字空间和浏览通过浏览器浏览文件.
Space Reclamation
空间的回收
File Deletes and Undeletes
文件的删除和恢复
When a file is deleted by a user or
an application, it is not immediately removed from HDFS.
Instead, HDFS first renames it to a file in the /trash
directory. The file can be restored quickly as long
as it remains in /trash . A file remains in /trash for
a configurable amount of time. After the expiry of its
life in /trash , the Namenode deletes the file from
the HDFS namespace. The deletion of a file causes the
blocks associated with the file to be freed. Note that
there could be an appreciable time delay between the
time a file is deleted by a user and the time of the
corresponding increase in free space in HDFS.
当一个文件被用户删除,它没有立即被HDFS文件系统删除. HDFS先把它改名到/trash
目录.文件只要在 /trash 中,就能被快速的恢复. 文件在 /trash 保留一定的时间,是可以配置的.
当超过了/trash 的生命周期, 名字服务器将会删除这个文件. 然后文件的空间被释放. 文件的删除到HDFS存储空间的增加会有一些延时.
A user can Undelete a file after deleting
it as long as it remains in the /trash directory. If
a user wants to undelete a file that he/she has deleted,
he/she can navigate the /trash directory and retrieve
the file. The /trash directory contains only the latest
copy of the file that was deleted. The /trash directory
is just like any other directory with one special feature:
HDFS applies specified policies to automatically delete
files from this directory. The current default policy
is to delete files from /trash that are more than 6
hours old. In the future, this policy will be configurable
through a well defined interface.
只要文件在/trash 目录中,文件就能被恢复. 用户如果想恢复/trash
目录中的文件,只需直接访问/trash 这个路径。/trash 目录仅仅包含最近删除文件的copy. /trash
和其他文件一样仅仅多了一个特性: HDFS有一个自动删除其中文件的策略. 当前的策略是,删除的文件在/trash
中,保留6个小时. 以后,这个策略将会通过一个良好的接口(配置文件)配置.
Decrease Replication Factor
减少复制因子
When the replication factor of a file is reduced, the
Namenode selects excess replicas that can be deleted.
The next Heartbeat transfers this information to the
Datanode. The Datanode then removes the corresponding
blocks and the corresponding free space appears in the
cluster. Once again, there might be a time delay between
the completion of the setReplication API call and the
appearance of free space in the cluster.
References
HDFS Java API: http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/current/api/
HDFS source code: http://hadoop.apache.org/core/version_control.html
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