"*do i understand it correctly that when i create lots of tables, but they all use the same column family (by name), that i am just using one column **family *and i am OK with respect to limiting number of column families ?"
I don't think so. Column families are per table. Even if the name of the column families are same across multiple tables, they will have separate physical representation and it will not limit the number of column families. Regards, Shahab On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Koert Kuipers <ko...@tresata.com> wrote: > i read in multiple places that i should try to limit the number of column > families in hbase. > > do i understand it correctly that when i create lots of tables, but they > all use the same column family (by name), that i am just using one column > family and i am OK with respect to limiting number of column families ? > > thanks! koert >
