Storing lots of small files would be a bad thing in HDFS. Storing lots of small records in HBASE is a normal mode of operation.
On 9/6/07 11:25 AM, "Dongsheng Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not sure about the advantage of using HBase over HDFS, can you give some > insights on that? > > - dongsheng > > "Peter W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, > > Could images be turned into byte arrays and stored in HBase? Also, > you will need a JVM that > supports the -d64 flag otherwise you can only allocate up to 2048M to > each machine. > > Peter W. > > > On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Dongsheng Wang wrote: > >> >> We are looking at using HDFS as a long term storage solution. We >> want to use it to stored lots of files. The file could be big and >> small, they are images, videos etc... We only write the files once, >> and may read them many times. Sounds like it is perfect to use HDFS. > > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.
