See http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#keysize
Cheers On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:05 AM, David Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > You could simply take the timestamp as a Long and store it as as a byte > array. > > What's the main advantage you are after with smaller keys? > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Rita > Date:11/06/2014 4:19 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: key byte pattern > > ATM, i have a key which is a string. > > "Z.1415276116.223232" > > Are there any algorithms or design patterns I should follow for something > like this to decrease the key size? Obviously, storing it as a String is > costly was wondering if there was a better way to store something like > this? > BTW, 1415276116.223232 is a epoch second > > > > -- > --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- >
