Take a look at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6584
It is in the upcoming hadoop 2.6 release. Cheers On Oct 18, 2014, at 3:35 AM, Ravindranath Akila <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any approach HBASE can store archive like rarely used files on > cheap storage? > > That's a vague question. If I may elaborate... > > Our current office stores terabytes of well structured log data on s3 to > save cost. The other day I was asked to process all these files. These > files are still used for Analytics and other decision making. The logs come > from a RTB (Real Time Bidding) system. > > Now ideally these files would have been on HDFS, but would incur large > storage costs over time since they are only occasionally used but the > servers need to be up and running to store them. > > By context of Big Data, aren't these files big date files? If so is there a > cheap way of storing them on HBASE? For example, write a storage adapter > of sorts. > > I'm really sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this. Thanks in > advance :) > > > -- > R. A. > BTW, there is a website called* Thank God it's Friday!* > It tells you fun things to do in your area over the weekend. > *See here: http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com > <http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com>*
