How ZooKeeper Manages HiveServer2 Requests

Multiple HiveServer2 (HS2) instances can register themselves with ZooKeeper and then the client (client driver) can find a HS2 through ZooKeeper.

When a client requests an HS2 instance, ZooKeeper returns one randomly-selected registered HS2.

This enables the following scenarios:

• High Availability

  If more than one HS2 instance is registered with ZooKeeper, and all instances fail except one, ZooKeeper passes the link to the instance that is running and the client can connect successfully. (Failed instances must be restarted manually.)

• Load Balancing

  If there is more than one HS2 instance registered with ZooKeeper, ZooKeeper responds to client requests by randomly passing a link to one of the HS2 instances. This ensures that all HS2 instances get roughly the same workload.

The following situation is not handled:

• Automatic Failover

  If an HS2 instance failed while a client is connected, the session is lost. Since this situation need to be handed at the client, there is no automatic failover; the client needs to reconnect using ZooKeeper.