From d44d06f48ee9b0dd715a62a70e220de5cf7b509f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Doug Meil Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:06:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] hbase-5129 [BOOK] configuration.xml - changed the major compaction disable instruction from Long.MAX_VALUE to 0. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/trunk@1230277 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- src/docbkx/configuration.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml index eb65fc6f7c3..30e62506632 100644 --- a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml +++ b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml @@ -1541,8 +1541,8 @@ of all regions.
Managed Compactions A common administrative technique is to manage major compactions manually, rather than letting HBase do it. By default, HConstants.MAJOR_COMPACTION_PERIOD is one day and major compactions - may kick in when you least desire it - especially on a busy system. To "turn off" automatic major compactions set - the value to Long.MAX_VALUE. + may kick in when you least desire it - especially on a busy system. To turn off automatic major compactions set + the value to 0. It is important to stress that major compactions are absolutely necessary for StoreFile cleanup, the only variant is when they occur. They can be administered through the HBase shell, or via