I'm pretty sure it could potentially create an inconsistent copy of your database.
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Jack Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > distcp into a different hadoop cluster nightly, maybe a valid choice as > well. > > -Jack > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One option is to use org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.Export >> Later you can Import the data back. >> >> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Sean Bigdatafun >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > For RDBMS systems, people normally backup their data from time to time. >> > What >> > is the backup strategy (and using what tool) for HBase? >> > Thanks, >> > -- >> > --Sean >> > >> > -- Alexey Kovyrin http://kovyrin.net/
