Thanks Ryan
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ryan Rawson<[email protected]> wrote: > The index consists of 1 key entry for every block in the file. So > keep your keys reasonable, avoid the 32kbyte keys, but UUID will be > fine. You can use a binary rather than text key to reduce size. > > -ryan > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM, tim > robertson<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Knowing that HBase is going to keep an (?) in-memory index of the row >> keys, are there any guidelines on the key choice? >> I had anticipated using a UUID, but wonder if I should pick something >> smaller? Could someone please advise if there is a better option? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Tim >> >
