I think this function may should be part of hbase in the future version. Or hbase may got problem when running long time. Too many regions will cause meta data too large and occupy too much memory.
Zhou Shuaifeng(Frank) HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and its attachments contain confidential information from HUAWEI, which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way (including, but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, reproduction, or dissemination) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by phone or email immediately and delete it! -----邮件原件----- 发件人: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 代表 Jean-Daniel Cryans 发送时间: 2011年2月9日 10:16 收件人: [email protected] 主题: Re: Can region be merged with others automatically when all data in the region has expired and removed ? There's an offline tool called Merge that you can use at your own risk, but nothing currently will do it automagically. J-D On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Zhou Shuaifeng <[email protected]> wrote: > If not, there may be many empty or very small regions, and it will cause > meta data too large. > > > > Zhou Shuaifeng(Frank) > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail and its attachments contain confidential information from > HUAWEI, which > is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed above. Any > use of the > information contained herein in any way (including, but not limited to, > total or partial > disclosure, reproduction, or dissemination) by persons other than the > intended > recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please > notify the sender by > phone or email immediately and delete it! > > > >
