Billy Pearson wrote:
> Would an option to fix a table to a set of regions work
> in this case?
>
> > 1) The ability to fix a given key range to a region.
> > This would both assign a range to a given region, and
> > also disable splitting over that range. Aside from API
> > changes, ideally there would be a HBase shell command
> > to support this.
Yes.
The bit about fixing key ranges was a nod to minor
application layer transparency (no need to code up region
aware logic to select separate tables, etc.) since I was
laying out a wish list.
Andrew Purtell
Advanced Threats Research
Trend Micro, Inc, Pasadena, CA USA
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