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HDFS-6530. Fix Balancer documentation. 

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@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ Administration Commands
Runs a cluster balancing utility. An administrator can simply press Ctrl-C
to stop the rebalancing process. See
{{{../hadoop-hdfs/HdfsUserGuide.html#Rebalancer}Rebalancer}} for more details.
{{{../hadoop-hdfs/HdfsUserGuide.html#Balancer}Balancer}} for more details.
Usage: <<<hadoop balancer [-threshold <threshold>]>>>
Usage: <<<hadoop balancer [-threshold <threshold>] [-policy <policy>]>>>
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION | Description
@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ Administration Commands
| -threshold <threshold> | Percentage of disk capacity. This overwrites the
| default threshold.
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -policy <policy> | <<<datanode>>> (default): Cluster is balanced if each datanode is balanced. \
| <<<blockpool>>>: Cluster is balanced if each block pool in each datanode is balanced.
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
Note that the <<<blockpool>>> policy is more strict than the <<<datanode>>> policy.
* <<<daemonlog>>>

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@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
HDFS-6545. Finalizing rolling upgrade can make NN unavailable for a long
duration. (kihwal)
HDFS-6530. Fix Balancer documentation. (szetszwo)
OPTIMIZATIONS
HDFS-6214. Webhdfs has poor throughput for files >2GB (daryn)

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@ -287,13 +287,14 @@ HDFS Federation
Policy could be:
* <<<node>>> - this is the <default> policy. This balances the storage at
* <<<datanode>>> - this is the <default> policy. This balances the storage at
the datanode level. This is similar to balancing policy from prior releases.
* <<<blockpool>>> - this balances the storage at the block pool level.
Balancing at block pool level balances storage at the datanode level also.
Note that Balander only balances the data and does not balance the namespace.
Note that Balancer only balances the data and does not balance the namespace.
For the complete command usage, see {{{../hadoop-common/CommandsManual.html#balancer}balancer}}.
** Decommissioning

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@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ HDFS Users Guide
* <<<fetchdt>>>: a utility to fetch DelegationToken and store it in a
file on the local system.
* Rebalancer: tool to balance the cluster when the data is
* Balancer: tool to balance the cluster when the data is
unevenly distributed among DataNodes.
* Upgrade and rollback: after a software upgrade, it is possible
@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ HDFS Users Guide
For command usage, see {{{../hadoop-common/CommandsManual.html#namenode}namenode}}.
* Rebalancer
* Balancer
HDFS data might not always be be placed uniformly across the DataNode.
One common reason is addition of new DataNodes to an existing cluster.
@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ HDFS Users Guide
Due to multiple competing considerations, data might not be uniformly
placed across the DataNodes. HDFS provides a tool for administrators
that analyzes block placement and rebalanaces data across the DataNode.
A brief administrator's guide for rebalancer as a PDF is attached to
A brief administrator's guide for balancer is available at
{{{https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1652}HADOOP-1652}}.
For command usage, see {{{../hadoop-common/CommandsManual.html#balancer}balancer}}.