Justin, You don't need to explicitly call a compaction, conversion will be done over time. But if you do want to have them converted right away, call a major_compaction.
J-D On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Justin Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I add record level compression to a preexisting table? Will old rows be > compressed or only new rows? > > For example, if I use the hbase shell and disable, alter {...COMPRESSION => > 'gz'....}, enable.... Do I need to run a compaction as well? > > Or do I need to create a new table? > > -justin >
