Hi there, You probably want to read this section on the RefGuide about deleting from HBase.
http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#perf.deleting On 12/5/12 8:31 AM, "Jean-Marc Spaggiari" <jean-m...@spaggiari.org> wrote: >Hi Manoj, > >Delete in HBase is like a put. > >If you want to delete the entire table (drop) then it will be very >fast. My test table has 100M rows and it's taking few seconds to >delete (one CF and one C only). But if you want to delete the rows one >by one (like 190M rows out of more) then it's like doing 190M puts. > >HTH. > >JM > >2012/12/5, Manoj Babu <manoj...@gmail.com>: >> Hi All, >> >> I am having doubt on delete performance inHBase table. >> >> I have 190 million rows in oracle table it hardly took 4hours to delete >>it, >> If i am having the same 190 million rows in HBase table how much time by >> approx Hbase will take to delete the rows(based on row key range) and >> how internally HBase handles delete? >> >> >> Thanks in advance! >> Cheers! >> Manoj. >> >
