Yes. You'll need to disable the table, then alter it.
disable 'my_table'
alter 'my_table', {NAME => 'my_column_family', COMPRESSION => 'snappy'}
enable 'my_table'
You don't enable compression for the whole table - you enable it per column
family. (At least this is the case on CDH3's HBase)
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Mohit Anchlia <[email protected]>wrote:
> Is it possible to enable compression on the table on a already existing
> table?
>
