I think 10 disks each 2TB is better. A disk can only seek about 50 times per second no matter it is 10TB or 2TB, so more disks means you can do more seeks and increase the random read write performance.
2014-12-13 9:04 GMT+08:00 Krishna <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > Is there any logical/practical limit on HBase RS storage size? > Which works better for HBase - a region server with 10 disks that are each > 2 TB or 2 disks that are each 10TB? > I remember, one of the recommendations is to keep each disk on RS to be > less than 6 TB - is that correct? > > Thanks >
