Re: What happens when you add new HBase nodes to a cluster?

2013-05-15 Thread jeremy p
inal Message- > From: jeremy p [mailto:athomewithagroove...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:26 PM > To: user@hbase.apache.org > Subject: What happens when you add new HBase nodes to a cluster? > > Hey all, > > We're wanting to add 10 additional nodes to our 20-

RE: What happens when you add new HBase nodes to a cluster?

2013-05-15 Thread Agarwal, Saurabh
new HBase nodes to a cluster? Hey all, We're wanting to add 10 additional nodes to our 20-node HBase cluster. Our tables are pre-split into 800 regions, 40 regions to a machine. What will happen when we add 10 new nodes to the cluster? Will the HBase load balancer automatically re-distr

Re: What happens when you add new HBase nodes to a cluster?

2013-05-15 Thread Bryan Beaudreault
Yes, the if the balancer is enabled (balance_switch true), hbase will automatically balance the tables across the new pool of region servers. At this point your locality will be shot for those regions that have moved, so I recommend running major compactions. If your total number of regions is no

What happens when you add new HBase nodes to a cluster?

2013-05-15 Thread jeremy p
Hey all, We're wanting to add 10 additional nodes to our 20-node HBase cluster. Our tables are pre-split into 800 regions, 40 regions to a machine. What will happen when we add 10 new nodes to the cluster? Will the HBase load balancer automatically re-distribute these regions to the new nodes?