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HBASE-9004 Fix Documentation around Minor Compaction and TTL (Masatake Iwasaki)

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Misty Stanley-Jones 2014-10-07 13:32:51 +10:00
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<para>If you pre-split your table, it is <emphasis>critical</emphasis> to understand how your
rowkey will be distributed across the region boundaries. As an example of why this is
important, consider the example of using displayable hex characters as the lead position of
the key (e.g., &quot;0000000000000000&quot; to &quot;ffffffffffffffff&quot;). Running those
key ranges through <code>Bytes.split</code> (which is the split strategy used when creating
regions in <code>HBaseAdmin.createTable(byte[] startKey, byte[] endKey, numRegions)</code>
for 10 regions will generate the following splits... </para>
the key (e.g., "0000000000000000" to "ffffffffffffffff"). Running those key ranges through
<code>Bytes.split</code> (which is the split strategy used when creating regions in
<code>HBaseAdmin.createTable(byte[] startKey, byte[] endKey, numRegions)</code> for 10
regions will generate the following splits...</para>
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<title>Time To Live (TTL)</title>
<para> ColumnFamilies can set a TTL length in seconds, and HBase will automatically delete rows
once the expiration time is reached. This applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> versions of a
row - even the current one. The TTL time encoded in the HBase for the row is specified in UTC. </para>
row - even the current one. The TTL time encoded in the HBase for the row is specified in UTC.
</para>
<para> Store files which contains only expired rows are deleted on minor compaction. Setting
<varname>hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile</varname> to <code>false</code> disables this
feature. Setting <link linkend="schema.minversions">minimum number of versions</link> to other
than 0 also disables this.</para>
<para> See <link
xlink:href="http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.html">HColumnDescriptor</link>
for more information. </para>
xlink:href="http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.html"
>HColumnDescriptor</link> for more information. </para>
</section>
<section
xml:id="cf.keep.deleted">