Yes, I have done this in the past on a full cluster. The backup process is slow for large data sets, but at least it is simple. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Joel Halbert [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 5:30 AM To: users-hbase Subject: Backup data for a single hbase instance Hi, I have a standalone, single, HBase instance (not running on Hadoop, or in a cluster). What's the best strategy for creating a backup of the data? I can afford downtime so is it safe to simply create a copy of the hbase.rootdir ? Thanks Joel
