Author: kturner
Date: Wed Jun 11 14:07:12 2014
New Revision: 1601903
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1601903
Log:
ACCUMULO-2777 add some more info about volumes
Modified:
accumulo/site/trunk/content/notable_features.mdtext
Modified: accumulo/site/trunk/content/notable_features.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/accumulo/site/trunk/content/notable_features.mdtext?rev=1601903&r1=1601902&r2=1601903&view=diff
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--- accumulo/site/trunk/content/notable_features.mdtext (original)
+++ accumulo/site/trunk/content/notable_features.mdtext Wed Jun 11 14:07:12 2014
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ internally by Accumulo.
Accumulo 1.6.0 migrated away from configuration of HDFS by using a single HDFS
host and
directory, to a collection of HDFS URIs (host and path) which allows Accumulo
to operate
-over multiple disjoint HDFS instances.
+over multiple disjoint HDFS instances. This allows Accumulo to scale beyond
the limits
+of a single namenode. When used in conjunction with HDFS federation, multiple
namenodes
+can share a pool of datanodes.
## Integrity/Availability <a id="integrity"></a>
