The last thing - success should not be a function of sort order.
However, speed will be related.
One thing I found I had to do was:
private void doCommit(HTable t, BatchUpdate update) throws IOException {
boolean commited = false;
while (!commited) {
try {
t.commit(update);
commited = true;
} catch (RetriesExhaustedException e) {
// DAMN, ignore
}
}
}
good luck!
-ryan
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Stuart White <[email protected]>wrote:
> I, like many others, am having difficulty getting a mapred job that
> bulk imports data into an HBase table to run successfully to
> completion.
>
> At this time, rather than get into specifics of my configuration, the
> exceptions I'm receiving, etc..., I wanted to ask a general question:
>
> Should I expect my bulk import to be more likely to succeed if my data
> is sorted by its key?
> Or should I expect my bulk import to be more likely to succeed if my
> data is randomized?
> Or should I expect the ordering of my input data to have no effect on
> my ability to successfully bulk import records?
>
> Thanks.
>
