The actual deletion happens after compaction. FYI
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:01 AM, mac fang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, guys, > > I read the HBase code and found the delete interface only delete the > keyValue in the MemoryStore, but NOT really remove the keyValue in the > SequenceFile, only invoke the > > this.writer.append(logKey, logEdit); > > will it remove the index in the SequenceFile. And I saw the BigTable design > and seems it looks like a immutable system which you even can NOT delete a > file. How the delete/update can be achieved in HBase system? Any hints are > welcome! > > regards > macf >
