Thanks so much guys! This is exactly what I was looking for! :-) On Saturday, October 18, 2014, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Take a look at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6584 > > It is in the upcoming hadoop 2.6 release. > > Cheers > > On Oct 18, 2014, at 3:35 AM, Ravindranath Akila < > ravindranathak...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Is there any approach HBASE can store archive like rarely used files on > > cheap storage? > > > > That's a vague question. If I may elaborate... > > > > Our current office stores terabytes of well structured log data on s3 to > > save cost. The other day I was asked to process all these files. These > > files are still used for Analytics and other decision making. The logs > come > > from a RTB (Real Time Bidding) system. > > > > Now ideally these files would have been on HDFS, but would incur large > > storage costs over time since they are only occasionally used but the > > servers need to be up and running to store them. > > > > By context of Big Data, aren't these files big date files? If so is > there a > > cheap way of storing them on HBASE? For example, write a storage adapter > > of sorts. > > > > I'm really sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this. Thanks in > > advance :) > > > > > > -- > > R. A. > > BTW, there is a website called* Thank God it's Friday!* > > It tells you fun things to do in your area over the weekend. > > *See here: http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com > > <http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com>* > -- R. A. BTW, there is a website called* Thank God it's Friday!* It tells you fun things to do in your area over the weekend. *See here: http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com <http://www.ThankGodItIsFriday.com>*
