In HFileOutputFormat it says this near top:
// Invented config. Add to hbase-*.xml if other than default compression.
final String compression = conf.get("hfile.compression",
Compression.Algorithm.NONE.getName());
You might try messing with this config?
St.Ack
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Ashish Shinde <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been importing data to hbase 0.90.0 using the code from the bulk
> uploader (ImportTsv.java). The table has LZO compression set, however
> unless major compaction is run the table it does not get compressed.
>
> Is there a way to compress the table as the bulk uploader creates the
> HFile. This is important for us because we don't want to have a burst
> increase in our disk usage.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> - Ashish
>
