Hi, All, I am wondering what is exactly stored in BlockCache: Is it the same raw blocks as in HFile? or does HBase merge several raw blocks and store the merged block in cache to serve future queries?
To be more specific, when a get operation entails loading of block b1 from hfile f1, and of block b2 from hfile f2. In order to produce the final result, the overlapping part of two blocks are merged. So in BlockCache, does HBase store b1 and b2 separately, or store the merged form? Thanks, Yun
