If you have the RAM, you can tweak hfile.block.cache.size as it will
cache more data. From conf/hbase-default.xml
<description>
Percentage of maximum heap (-Xmx setting) to allocate to block cache
used by HFile/StoreFile. Default of 0.2 means allocate 20%.
Set to 0 to disable.
</description>
J-D
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Sharma, Avani <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks. That was an obvious problem , now that I look at it. I can read about
> 10K records in 6.3seconds.
>
> What are the other possible things I could try to make it even faster ? Any
> pointers are appreciated.
>
> -Avani
>