On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Bryan Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > I increased the max region file size to 4gb so I should have fewer than 200 > regions per node now, more like 25. With 2 column families that will be 50 > memstores per node. 5.6gb would then flush files of 112mb. Still not close to > the memstore limit but shouldn't I be much better off than before?
Ah sorry I didn't understand that you were restarting with a new table. In that case go with even fewer regions and if you aren't relying on the block cache for anything fast reads then you could also expend the memstore global usage. > Inserting sequentially may or may not be an option for me. I am storing a > live feed of data from an external source so it could prove tricky. Thought so. J-D
