Hi,

Does column family play any role during loading a file into hbase from hdfs in terms of performance?

Regards,
Rams

Yes, because there is one store (hence set of files) per column family.
See this: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#number.of.cfs

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Ramasubramanian <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does column family play any role during loading a file into hbase from
> hdfs in terms of performance?
>
> Regards,
> Rams

Hi there, additionally, see..

http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#regions.arch

Š and focus on "9.7.5.4. KeyValue" because the CF name is actually a part
of each KV.  
On 9/11/12 4:03 AM, "n keywal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Yes, because there is one store (hence set of files) per column family.
>See this: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#number.of.cfs
>
>On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Ramasubramanian <
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does column family play any role during loading a file into hbase from
>> hdfs in terms of performance?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rams