For starters, take a look at this... http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#perf.configurations
-----Original Message----- From: Oleg Ruchovets [mailto:oruchov...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 6:42 AM To: user@hbase.apache.org Subject: major compaction best practice Hi , We running production environment cluster (10 machines) : 1) hbase version 0.90.2 2) 2 tablse 3) we create ~ 15 regions per day (region size 250Mb) I want to ask about major compaction best practices: 1) Have we to run it automatically or manually 2) How ofter it should run 3) Where can I read about compaction process and does it have potential problem that I should know. Best Regards Oleg.
