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Ted Yu resolved HBASE-10164. ---------------------------- Resolution: Fixed > Allow heapsize of different units to be passed as HBASE_HEAPSIZE > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-10164 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-10164 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Ted Yu > Assignee: Ted Yu > Fix For: 0.98.0, 0.99.0 > > Attachments: 10164-v1.txt, 10164-v2.txt > > > Currently HBASE_HEAPSIZE doesn't expect units. > {code} > $ HBASE_HEAPSIZE=5G /usr/lib/hbase/bin/hbase shell > Invalid maximum heap size: -Xmx5Gm > Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. > Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. > {code} > It would be more user friendly if different units of heapsize can be passed > through HBASE_HEAPSIZE > If unit ('m' or 'G') is specified, 'm' doesn't need to be appended. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159)