For #1, master / region server logs in a cluster would show you how various components are initialized.
For #3, you can refer to https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#perf.writing Cheers On Mar 17, 2014, at 12:34 AM, haosdent <[email protected]> wrote: > For your question, I suggest you to read source. You could read hbase > source through debug test cases. > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Vimal Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have been learning hbase for quite some time now. >> I have used following sources for learning hbase. >> 1) Hbase : The definitive guide >> 2) Hbase in Action >> 3) Hbase the official guide. >> >> In my belief , these provides good introductions to hbase but refrain from >> going in deep. >> My question is how to understand internals of hbase like >> 1) What exactly happens when cluster is started/stopped. >> 2) How Hbase uses zookeeper to manage coordination. >> 3) How initial read/write request is handled when table is empty >> 4) and more such questions .. >> >> So is going though source code is the only option ? >> If yes , then any guideline to go though such a big project ? >> >> -- >> Thanks and Regards, >> Vimal Jain > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Haosdent Huang
