Hi, I've peeked at HBase code, TableSplit#getLocations(). I noticed that the method returns a random node for now. I was trying to think what should be returned if one wishes to have computation close to data. As a table split is per region, I could think of returning the node managing that region (region server). That would get computation close to data at HBase level, but not necessarily at file system level. As HStoreFiles are stored in HDFS, their actual location could be on a remote node, and not the region server node. Can anyone comment on my flow of thinking ? Am I wrong somewhere ?
To sum up, I'd like to understand if there is any notion of bringing computation close to data when working with HBase ? If so, are there any plans to implement it in future releases ? Or is the current implementation good enough (if so, can you explain why ?). Thanks for any input, Naama -- oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." (Albert Einstein)
