Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-18 Thread Hari Sreekumar
> >> splits and compactions do not run while you are copying. > Splits/compactions > >> change hfile layout on disk. You must freeze the table so your copy is > >> consistent (source data remains unchanged start to finish). > >> > >> Best regards, >

Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-18 Thread Lars George
compactions do not run while you are copying. Splits/compactions >> change hfile layout on disk. You must freeze the table so your copy is >> consistent (source data remains unchanged start to finish). >> >> Best regards, >> >>    - Andy >> >> >&

Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-18 Thread Hari Sreekumar
10, Lars George wrote: > > > From: Lars George > > Subject: Re: Restoring table from HFiles > > To: user@hbase.apache.org > > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11:51 PM > > I would not say "no" immediately. I > > know some have done so (given the > &g

Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-18 Thread Andrew Purtell
st regards, - Andy --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Lars George wrote: > From: Lars George > Subject: Re: Restoring table from HFiles > To: user@hbase.apache.org > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11:51 PM > I would not say "no" immediately. I > know some have done so

Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-17 Thread Lars George
I would not say "no" immediately. I know some have done so (given the version was the same) and used add_table.rb to add the table to META. YMMV. Lars On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Ted Yu wrote: > No. > > See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1684 > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:25 PM

Re: Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-17 Thread Ted Yu
No. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1684 On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Hari Sreekumar wrote: > Hi, > >I just wanted to know if it is possible to copy an HBase table into > another HDFS by simply copying the directory from old HDFS to > local system and dumping it into it

Restoring table from HFiles

2010-11-17 Thread Hari Sreekumar
Hi, I just wanted to know if it is possible to copy an HBase table into another HDFS by simply copying the directory from old HDFS to local system and dumping it into it into new HDFS? thanks, hari