hbase/src/test/hbase-site.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>
<configuration>
  <property>
    <name>hbase.regionserver.msginterval</name>
    <value>1000</value>
    <description>Interval between messages from the RegionServer to HMaster
    in milliseconds.  Default is 15. Set this value low if you want unit
    tests to be responsive.
    </description>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hbase.client.pause</name>
    <value>5000</value>
    <description>General client pause value.  Used mostly as value to wait
    before running a retry of a failed get, region lookup, etc.</description>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hbase.client.retries.number</name>
    <value>5</value>
    <description>Maximum retries.  Used as maximum for all retryable
    operations such as fetching of the root region from root region
    server, getting a cell's value, starting a row update, etc.
    Default: 5.
    </description>
  </property>
</configuration>