Except memstore, blockcache, hfile count etc.. Simply stated, data are sorted in file called HFile (composed of blocks) when client try to access data, hbase search proper block in file and load block to check if the block has the data.
See HFile Format in more details, (meta index, data index ...) Good Luck!! 2014-07-04 17:30 GMT+09:00 Ted Yu <[email protected]>: > Please take a look at http://hbase.apache.org/book/perf.reading.html > > Cheers > > On Jul 4, 2014, at 12:22 AM, yl wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > HBase has sorted and indexed Hfile format, which enables fast lookup. > > I am wondering is there any other feature help Hbase achieve efficient > > random access? > > I want to know the whole story, but I can't find any article talks about > > random access in HBase in high level. > > > > Can anyone help me resolve my confusion in this? > > > > Best, > > Yanglin >
