If I understand you right, you are asking about how region splitting works ...
See http://hbase.apache.org/book/regions.arch.html section 9.7.4
In a nutshell, the parent region on your RS1 will split into two
daughter regions on the same RS1. If you have load balancer turned on,
the master can the
Hello,
You can find a great explanation of HBase file locality in HDFS here
http://www.larsgeorge.com/2010/05/hbase-file-locality-in-hdfs.html .
The short answer is that HBase file locality improves with time since files
are recreated during compactions as close as possible to the RS running
node
Hi all,
We are evaluating Hbase to store some metadata information on a very large
scale. As of now, our architecture looks like this.
Machine 1:
Runs Client 1
Runs Region Server 1
Runs Data Node 1
Machine n:
Runs Client n
Runs Region Server n
Runs Data Node n
Now, say,
