Handling the XceiverCount error

In this recipe, we will describe how to troubleshoot the following XceiverCount error shown in the DataNode logs:

2012-02-18 17:08:10,695 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: DatanodeRegistration(10.166.111.191:50010, storageID=DS-2072496811-10.168.130.82-50010-1321345166369, infoPort=50075, ipcPort=50020):DataXceiver
java.io.IOException: xceiverCount 257 exceeds the limit of concurrent xcievers 256
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiver.run (DataXceiver.java:92)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Getting ready

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How to do it...

The following are the steps to fix the XceiverCount error:

  1. Add the following snippet to the HDFS setting file (hdfs-site.xml ...

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