Also, I'm not sure if HBase has the encoding techniques that we utilize in our RFile
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Mike Drob <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, yes and no. > > Smaller keys still mean less network traffic, potentially less IO, and > maybe faster operations if you're trying to do application logic. Using > data or default or just d probably doesn't matter in the long term > (although there are certainly cases where it might). > On Dec 3, 2013 11:57 PM, "David Medinets" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> http://hbase.apache.org/book/rowkey.design.html - unless I am >> misunderstanding much of the advice given for HBase simply doesn't apply to >> Accumulo. For example "Try to keep the ColumnFamily names as small as >> possible, preferably one character (e.g. "d" for data/default)." >> >
