On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Jack Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, suppose we run bulk loader yesterday, and today, the regions names > on the same table no longer exist because of region splits, etc.? > What happens to the data when its 'loaded' into the hbase region > directories? Will it make 'older' regions per, from 24 hours ago? Or > cause some sort of an issue and an exception? > >
It does the right thing. It adjusts to the new lay of the land splitting the bulk written files to match new region layout as needed. See http://hbase.apache.org/docs/r0.89.20100924/xref/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.html#181 St.Ack
