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hbase-5380. book.xml, comment about KeyValue instances not being split across blocks 

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Doug Meil 2012-02-10 18:27:42 +00:00
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@ -2103,7 +2103,9 @@ myHtd.setValue(HTableDescriptor.SPLIT_POLICY, MyCustomSplitPolicy.class.getName(
<listitem>keytype (e.g., Put, Delete, DeleteColumn, DeleteFamily)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>For more information, see the <link xlink:href="http://hbase.apache.org/xref/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/KeyValue.html">KeyValue source code</link>.
<para>KeyValue instances are <emphasis>not</emphasis> split across blocks.
For example, if there is an 8 MB KeyValue, even if the block-size is 64kb this KeyValue will be read
in as a coherent block. For more information, see the <link xlink:href="http://hbase.apache.org/xref/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/KeyValue.html">KeyValue source code</link>.
</para>
<section xml:id="keyvalue.example"><title>Example</title>
<para>To emphasize the points above, examine what happens with two Puts for two different columns for the same row:</para>