Thank u so much for your response. It makes sense to me now.
On 20 Oct 2014 20:27, "Elliott Clark-3 [via Apache HBase]" < [email protected]> wrote: > No read operations are not blocked by any compactions. > > Compaction will swap in it's newly created file for any subsequent read > requests. Any read requests that come in during the compaction will be > answered from the files already there and the memstore. > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:52 AM, sahanashankar <[hidden email] > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4065210&i=0>> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to understand the working of major compaction and i am > > wondering > > if a read operation can be performed while the major compaction process > is > > running on HBase. Will the read operation be queued and start after > major > > compaction has finished executing? or can both execute together? > > > > To be more general, will only the particular region be blocked during > major > > compaction or will the entire RegionServer hosting the region be blocked > ? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Sahana > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/can-read-operation-be-performed-during-the-execution-of-major-compaction-tp4065208.html > > Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/can-read-operation-be-performed-during-the-execution-of-major-compaction-tp4065208p4065210.html > To unsubscribe from can read operation be performed during the execution > of major compaction, click here > <http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4065208&code=c2FoYW5hc2hhbmthcjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0MDY1MjA4fDM5ODU4NTQ5Mg==> > . > NAML > <http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/can-read-operation-be-performed-during-the-execution-of-major-compaction-tp4065208p4065323.html Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
