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/usr/lib/hadoop/sbin/start-balancer.sh

Apache Hadoop is a framework for distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers.

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Usage: start-balancer.sh [OPTIONS]

  OPTIONS is none or any of:

--buildpaths             attempt to add class files from build tree
--config dir             Hadoop config directory
--debug                  turn on shell script debug mode
--help                   usage information
--loglevel level         set the log4j level for this command
-policy <policy>         set the balancer's policy
-threshold <threshold>   set the threshold for balancing
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
--buildpathsattempt to add class files from build treehelp
--config dirHadoop config directoryhelp
--debugturn on shell script debug modehelp
--helpusage informationhelp
--loglevel levelset the log4j level for this commandhelp
-policy policyset the balancer's policyhelp
-threshold thresholdset the threshold for balancinghelp

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