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-# See http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/GangliaMetrics
-# Make sure you know whether you are using ganglia 3.0 or 3.1.
-# If 3.1, you will have to patch your hadoop instance with HADOOP-4675
-# And, yes, this file is named hadoop-metrics.properties rather than
-# hbase-metrics.properties because we're leveraging the hadoop metrics
-# package and hadoop-metrics.properties is an hardcoded-name, at least
-# for the moment.
-#
-# See also http://hadoop.apache.org/hbase/docs/current/metrics.html
-# GMETADHOST_IP is the hostname (or) IP address of the server on which the ganglia 
-# meta daemon (gmetad) service is running
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase" context for NullContextWithUpdateThread
-# NullContextWithUpdateThread is a  null context which has a thread calling
-# periodically when monitoring is started. This keeps the data sampled
-# correctly.
-hbase.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.NullContextWithUpdateThread
-hbase.period=10
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase" context for file
-# hbase.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.file.TimeStampingFileContext
-# hbase.fileName=/tmp/metrics_hbase.log
-
-# HBase-specific configuration to reset long-running stats (e.g. compactions)
-# If this variable is left out, then the default is no expiration.
-hbase.extendedperiod = 3600
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase" context for ganglia
-# Pick one: Ganglia 3.0 (former) or Ganglia 3.1 (latter)
-# hbase.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
-# hbase.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31
-# hbase.period=10
-# hbase.servers=GMETADHOST_IP:8649
-
-# "hbase" context does basic metrics, "hbase-dynamic" context adds a bunch more and
-# would be expanded dynamically, but beware, enabling it may overwhelm your monitoring.
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase-dynamic" context for null
-hbase-dynamic.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.NullContextWithUpdateThread
-hbase-dynamic.period=10
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase-dynamic" context for file
-# hbase-dynamic.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.file.TimeStampingFileContext
-# hbase-dynamic.fileName=/tmp/metrics_hbase-dynamic.log
-
-# Configuration of the "hbase-dynamic" context for ganglia
-# Pick one: Ganglia 3.0 (former) or Ganglia 3.1 (latter)
-# hbase-dynamic.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
-# hbase-dynamic.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31
-# hbase-dynamic.period=10
-# hbase-dynamic.servers=GMETADHOST_IP:8649
-
-# Configuration of the "jvm" context for null
-jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.NullContextWithUpdateThread
-jvm.period=10
-
-# Configuration of the "jvm" context for file
-# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.file.TimeStampingFileContext
-# jvm.fileName=/tmp/metrics_jvm.log
-
-# Configuration of the "jvm" context for ganglia
-# Pick one: Ganglia 3.0 (former) or Ganglia 3.1 (latter)
-# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
-# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31
-# jvm.period=10
-# jvm.servers=GMETADHOST_IP:8649
-
-# Configuration of the "rpc" context for null
-rpc.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.NullContextWithUpdateThread
-rpc.period=10
-
-# Configuration of the "rpc" context for file
-# rpc.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.file.TimeStampingFileContext
-# rpc.fileName=/tmp/metrics_rpc.log
-
-# Configuration of the "rpc" context for ganglia
-# Pick one: Ganglia 3.0 (former) or Ganglia 3.1 (latter)
-# rpc.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
-# rpc.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31
-# rpc.period=10
-# rpc.servers=GMETADHOST_IP:8649
-
-# Configuration of the "rest" context for ganglia
-# Pick one: Ganglia 3.0 (former) or Ganglia 3.1 (latter)
-# rest.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
-# rest.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31
-# rest.period=10
-# rest.servers=GMETADHOST_IP:8649