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Andrew Purtell commented on HBASE-13052:
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+.Choosing a Split Policy
+To choose a split policy globally or for a given table, it is important to
consider the characteristics of your data, the pattern of the row keys, and the
patterns you use to access the data. The following questions may be helpful
when deciding on a region split policy.
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+* Are your row keys "chunked" by common prefixes that are useful when
scanning?
+* Are your row keys delimited by specific patterns that are useful when
scanning?
+* Is it more important to control the size of your regions, the number of rows
in a region, or the overall size of your store files?
+* Is it important to try to keep multiple regions for the same table on the
same RegionServer?
+* For a given table, do different columns hold cells of radically different
sizes?
+* Do your needs fall outside the scope of any of the existing region split
policies? In this case, consider implementing a
<<region.split.policies.custom,custom split policy>>.
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This is an ok start. It would be better if each rhetorical question is answered
with a pointer to one of the policies. Even if only a couple, it would help.
> Explain each region split policy
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>
> Key: HBASE-13052
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13052
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: documentation
> Reporter: Misty Stanley-Jones
> Assignee: Misty Stanley-Jones
> Attachments: HBASE-13052.patch
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>
> {quote}
> there are five region split policies today so that let's add a section which
> explains:
> 1. How each policies work. We can start from current java doc:
> http://hbase.apache.org/devapidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/KeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy.html
> http://hbase.apache.org/devapidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/DelimitedKeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy.html
> http://hbase.apache.org/devapidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/DisabledRegionSplitPolicy.html
> http://hbase.apache.org/devapidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy.html
> http://hbase.apache.org/devapidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IncreasingToUpperBoundRegionSplitPolicy.html
> 2. How users can choose a good policy per their scenario basis
> 3. Pros and cons over each policies
> {quote}
> from [~daisuke.kobayashi]
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