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Prathyusha updated HBASE-29458: ------------------------------- Summary: SFT removeStoreFiles api to only archive physical files and ignore virtual links (was: Remove store files api in SFT to only archive physical files and ignore virtual links) > SFT removeStoreFiles api to only archive physical files and ignore virtual > links > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-29458 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-29458 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Prathyusha > Priority: Major > > HBASE-27826 introduces tracking of Link/Reference files with StoreFileTracker > interface and with that, we can have the FileBasedStoreFileTracker > implementation to track Link/Reference files only using .filelist file itself > and not create actual link/ref files (virtual links). > So Virtual links no longer need to be archived and that abstraction should be > at SFT layer instead of HRegionFileSystem where the removeStoreFiles api > exists, which does the hfile archival triggered from > CompactedHFilesDischarger and as part of HStore open -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)