> > Gary has a JIRA HBASE-16025 which would reduce the load on server hosting > hbase:meta. > > Thanks for bringing this issue up, Ted. It still needs to be fixed. Due to the shift of table state into meta, the git master branch will currently trigger calls to meta for every call retry.
This is exactly the kind of regression which we are at least shielded from when master hosts meta. Even though bugs/changes can trigger a much higher client read load on meta, master can still complete writes locally.