Balancer & SSH interfering with each other leading to unavailability

2015-09-29 06:16:22,472 DEBUG [AM.ZK.Worker-pool2-t56] 
master.RegionStates: Onlined 1588230740 on 
10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340 {ENCODED => 1588230740, NAME => 
'hbase:meta,,1', STARTKEY => '', ENDKEY => ''}

2015-09-29 06:18:25,952 INFO  [main-EventThread] 
zookeeper.RegionServerTracker: RegionServer ephemeral node deleted, 
processing expiration [10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340]

2015-09-29 06:18:25,955 DEBUG [main-EventThread] master.AssignmentManager: based on AM, current 
region=hbase:meta,,1.1588230740 is on server=10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340 server being checked: 
10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340

2015-09-29 06:18:26,833 INFO  [B.defaultRpcServer.handler=12,queue=0,port=16000] master.HMaster: 
balance hri=hbase:meta,,1.1588230740, 
src=10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340, dest=10.0.0.205,16020,1443507257905

2015-09-29 06:18:26,859 DEBUG [B.defaultRpcServer.handler=12,queue=0,port=16000] 
master.AssignmentManager: Offline hbase:meta,,1.1588230740, no need to 
unassign since it's on a dead server: 10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340
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2015-09-29 06:18:26,899 INFO  [B.defaultRpcServer.handler=12,queue=0,port=16000] master.RegionStates: 
Offlined 1588230740 from 10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340
.....................
2015-09-29 06:18:26,914 INFO  [B.defaultRpcServer.handler=12,queue=0,port=16000] 
master.AssignmentManager: Skip assigning hbase:meta,,1.1588230740, it is 
on a dead but not processed yet server: 10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340
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2015-09-29 06:18:26,915 DEBUG [AM.ZK.Worker-pool2-t58] master.AssignmentManager: Znode hbase:meta,,1.1588230740 deleted, 
state: {1588230740 state=OFFLINE, ts=1443507506914, 
server=10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340}
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2015-09-29 06:18:29,447 DEBUG [MASTER_META_SERVER_OPERATIONS-10.0.0.148:16000-2] master.AssignmentManager: based on AM, current 
region=hbase:meta,,1.1588230740 is on server=null server being checked: 
10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340

2015-09-29 06:18:29,451 INFO  [MASTER_META_SERVER_OPERATIONS-
10.0.0.148:16000-2] handler.MetaServerShutdownHandler: META has been 
assigned to otherwhere, skip assigning.

2015-09-29 06:18:29,452 DEBUG [MASTER_META_SERVER_OPERATIONS-10.0.0.148:16000-2] 
master.DeadServer: Finished processing 10.0.0.149,16020,1443507203340