On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Xian Woo <[email protected]> wrote: > HI, everyone, I have some question about the "region-split" mechanism. I've > learnt that a region contains several rows and when a store file in a > region grows large than the configured "hbse.hregion.max.filesize", the > region is split in two. But what if I keep putting millions of values into a > specific row and each value is put into a single column of the row, and when > the store file reaches the configured "hbse.hregion.max.filesize", can the > region be split into two regions? I myself guess the answer is no, however > I'm not sure what will happen to the "overweight" region, are there any side > effect about that?
That is right. We will not split a row even if its content makes for storefiles > hbase.hregion.max.filesize. As to repercussions, I cannot comment. I've no experience of regions at this extreme. You could try it for yourself? St.Ack
