Have you read this ? http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#d3593e20175
Cheers On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 7:24 PM, innowireless TaeYun Kim < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is a newbie question. > > > > What is in a HBase block index entry? > > > > My guess is that it's one of these: > > > > 1. all key components: rowkey + column family + column qualifier + > timestamp > > 2. all key components except for column family (since the index is in > a > HFile that is a part of the storage for a column family): rowkey + column > qualifier + timestamp > > 3. rowkey only > > > > I've tried to find the information, But the articles only say that it > contains a 'key'. For me as a newbie, it is confusing since in a KeyValue > the all key components comprise the 'key', while a rowkey is also a 'key'. > > > > Thanks. > > > >
