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@@ -1331,6 +1331,35 @@ The RegionServer splits a region, offlines the split region and then adds the da
 See <<disable.splitting>> for how to manually manage splits (and for why you might do this).
 
 ==== Custom Split Policies
+ou can override the default split policy using a custom link:http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionSplitPolicy.html[RegionSplitPolicy](HBase 0.94+). Typically a custom split policy should extend
+HBase's default split policy: link:http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IncreasingToUpperBoundRegionSplitPolicy.html[IncreasingToUpperBoundRegionSplitPolicy].
+
+The policy can set globally through the HBase configuration or on a per-table
+basis.
+
+.Configuring the Split Policy Globally in _hbase-site.xml_
+[source,xml]
+----
+<property>
+  <name>hbase.regionserver.region.split.policy</name>
+  <value>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.IncreasingToUpperBoundRegionSplitPolicy</value>
+</property>
+----
+
+.Configuring a Split Policy On a Table Using the Java API
+[source,java]
+HTableDescriptor tableDesc = new HTableDescriptor("test");
+tableDesc.setValue(HTableDescriptor.SPLIT_POLICY, ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy.class.getName());
+tableDesc.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(Bytes.toBytes("cf1")));
+admin.createTable(tableDesc);              
+----
+
+[source]
+.Configuring the Split Policy On a Table Using HBase Shell
+----
+hbase> create 'test', {METHOD => 'table_att', CONFIG => {'SPLIT_POLICY' => 'org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy'}},
+{NAME => 'cf1'}
+----
 
 The default split policy can be overwritten using a custom link:http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionSplitPolicy.html[RegionSplitPolicy(HBase 0.94+)]. Typically a custom split policy should extend HBase's default split policy: link:http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy.html[ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy].