Custom timestamps

2011-10-19 Thread Ben West
that TTL would be ruined (or saved, depending on your goal) by custom timestamps, and I also gather that the way HBase handles concurrency is through MVCC. But we are using application level locks, and HBase's TTL functionality applying is a bonus if anything. So is there any reason why w

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-19 Thread Stack
te timestamp attribute of the row, or have the > timestamp a part of the rowkey, or both." I understand that TTL would be > ruined (or saved, depending on your goal) by custom timestamps, and I also > gather that the way HBase handles concurrency is through MVCC. But we are >

RE: Custom timestamps

2011-10-19 Thread Stuti Awasthi
, October 20, 2011 3:54 AM To: user@hbase.apache.org; Ben West Subject: Re: Custom timestamps On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Ben West wrote: > We're storing timestamped data in HBase; from lurking on the mailing list it > seems like the recommendation is usually to make the timestamp

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-20 Thread Ben West
Thanks Stack. We are indeed using locks outside of HBase, but I hadn't heard about the problems with HBase's locks. Good to know. -Ben - Original Message - From: Stack To: user@hbase.apache.org; Ben West Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: Custom

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-20 Thread Ben West
Message - From: Ben West To: "user@hbase.apache.org" Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Custom timestamps Thanks Stack. We are indeed using locks outside of HBase, but I hadn't heard about the problems with HBase's locks. Good to know. -Ben --

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-20 Thread Stack
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Stuti Awasthi wrote: > Hi St. Ack , Ben > > I also have a scenario that in my case I have to take periodical backup of > Hbase data. For that I have will be using export/import tool. I have decided > to take backup based on time range interval. I have read it in

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-20 Thread Stack
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Ben West wrote: > Actually, another question: are there issues with multiple puts having the > same timestamp? I.e. I write a value with timestamp = today 12:00. I later > change my mind and want to rewrite a different value but with the same > timestamp. Would

RE: Custom timestamps

2011-10-20 Thread Stuti Awasthi
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:27 PM To: user@hbase.apache.org Subject: Re: Custom timestamps On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Stuti Awasthi wrote: > Hi St. Ack , Ben > > I also have a scenario that in my case I have to take periodical backup of > Hbase data. For that I have will be us

Re: Custom timestamps

2011-10-21 Thread Doug Meil
x27;t have link but if I come >across something similar , I will let you know. Thanks for info. It is >really a big relief :) > >-Original Message- >From: saint@gmail.com [mailto:saint@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Stack >Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:27 PM >T