But if I specify which column families I want, will it still load the entire row? Suppose row key R has col. families A,B, C, D and A itself has 100 column labels, B has 150 and C 5, D 5 I request row key R, but specify column families C and D. Will it still load A,B? Regards Saptarshi
th > taller tables and scans than going with thick rows - this is because > the current way RPCs work we must hold an entire row in memory when > streaming it back to the client. If your data eventually grows > extremely large, you could run into OOME. Thus taller tables with