title: What are the properties for controlling the number of retries when connecting to HDFS
body: <p>When I try to connect to HDFS with an invalid URL I get a message of the form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Retrying connect to server: &lt;hostname&gt;/&lt;port&gt;. Already tried &lt;n&gt; time(s); maxRetries=45
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which property in the Hadoop configuration controls the <code>maxRetries</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Also is there an easy way to go about finding these properties (other than trying to google)?</p>