On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Mohit Anchlia <[email protected]> wrote: > If I use md5 hash + timestamp rowkey would hbase automatically detect the > difference in ranges and peforms split? How does split work in such cases > or is it still advisable to manually split the regions.
Yes. On how split works, when a region hits the maximum configured size, it splits in two. Manual splitting can be useful when you know your distribution and you'd save on hbase doing it for you. It can speed up bulk loads for instance. St.Ack
