No there isn't. I just opened a JIRA to make it so it can be set to 0 to disable.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2559 Will put up a patch for trunk/0.21. JG > -----Original Message----- > From: TuX RaceR [mailto:tuxrace...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:47 PM > To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Re: Additional disk space required for Hbase compactions.. > > Hello List, > > > On 17/05/10 20:26, Jonathan Gray wrote: > > Same with major compactions (you would definitely need to turn them > off and control them manually if you need them at all). > > > > > How would you turn the major compaction off? > The only major compaction related parameter is this one: > > <property> > <name>hbase.hregion.majorcompaction</name> > <value>86400000</value> > <description>The time (in miliseconds) between 'major' compactions of > all > HStoreFiles in a region. Default: 1 day. > </description> > </property> > > Is there a cleaner way to turn it off than putting a ridiculously large > value? > > Thanks > TuX
