bq. I've heard also information that for the huge (wide) rows ... That is not true. Where did you get such information ?
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Mikhail Antonov <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey guys, > > I have one question regarding splitting the table to regions which I > couldn't find the complete answer for. > > So I found in the various sources that the region split divides the table > by the rowkey, and that the single row is always guaranteed to be contained > within the single region. > > However, I've heard also information that for the huge (wide) rows, there > is also a possibility to split them by column families, i.e. the huge > single row can actually have it's column families located in different > regions, hence, the single row can span multiple regions. > > Having looked at the regionserver sources of SplitTransaction and around, I > couldn't find anything related to splitting the row by the column families. > > Could you please advise me if it's actually possible or not? > > -- > Thanks, > Michael Antonov >
