I was trying to bulk increment some files into a HBAse (0.89) table and found this problem..
If a file does not fit into any of the regions in the existing table, then the tool gets into an infinite loop of splitting the files.. I have attached a sample output.. Todd, is this a known issue? Vidhya 10/09/07 01:57:29 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Trying to load hfile=hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/8375781572558986795 first=0000003511885973 last=0000003511999994 10/09/07 01:57:29 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: HFile at hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/8375781572558986795 no longer fits inside a single region. Splitting... 10/09/07 01:57:37 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Successfully split into new HFiles hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.bottom and hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top 10/09/07 01:57:37 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Trying to load hfile=hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top first=0000003511885973 last=0000003511999994 10/09/07 01:57:37 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: HFile at hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top no longer fits inside a single region. Splitting... 10/09/07 01:57:44 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Successfully split into new HFiles hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.bottom and hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top 10/09/07 01:57:44 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Trying to load hfile=hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top first=0000003511885973 last=0000003511999994 10/09/07 01:57:44 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: HFile at hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top no longer fits inside a single region. Splitting... 10/09/07 01:57:51 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Successfully split into new HFiles hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.bottom and hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top 10/09/07 01:57:51 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Trying to load hfile=hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top first=0000003511885973 last=0000003511999994 10/09/07 01:57:51 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: HFile at hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top no longer fits inside a single region. Splitting... 10/09/07 01:57:59 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Successfully split into new HFiles hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.bottom and hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top 10/09/07 01:57:59 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Trying to load hfile=hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top first=0000003511885973 last=0000003511999994 10/09/07 01:57:59 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: HFile at hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top no longer fits inside a single region. Splitting... 10/09/07 01:58:06 INFO mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles: Successfully split into new HFiles hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.bottom and hdfs://b3130080.yst.yahoo.net:4600/user/crawler/docd_inc_v1/bigColumn/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/_tmp/fae6ef95297635e32e24c572bec9056e.top
