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HBASE-12701 Document how to set the split policy on a given table

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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'}
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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].