https://github.com/phobos182/hadoop-hbase-tools/blob/master/hbase/copy_table.rb
I wrote a quick script to do it with mechanize + ruby. I have a new tool
which I'm polishing up that does the same thing in Python but using the
HBase REST interface to get the data.
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari <jean-m...@spaggiari.org
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When we are doing an export, we are only exporting the data. Then when
> we are importing that back, we need to make sure the table is
> pre-splitted correctly else we might hotspot some servers.
>
> If you simply export then import without pre-splitting at all, you
> will most probably brought some servers down because they will be
> overwhelmed with splits and compactions.
>
> Do we have any tool to pre-split a table the same way another table is
> already pre-splitted?
>
> Something like
> > duplicate 'source_table', 'target_table'
>
> Which will create a new table called 'target_table' with exactly the
> same parameters as 'source_table' and the same regions boundaries?
>
> If we don't have, will it be useful to have one?
>
> Or event something like:
> > create 'target_table', 'f1', {SPLITS_MODEL => 'source_table'}
>
>
> JM
>
