HBase and HDFS: Understanding Filesystem Usage in HBase

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Enis Söztutar. "HBase and HDFS: Understanding Filesystem Usage in HBase." At HBaseCon, June 2013. Archived at perma.cc/4DXR-9P88

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This document discusses file system usage in HBase. It provides an overview of the three main file types in HBase: write-ahead logs (WALs), data files, and reference files. It describes durability semantics, IO fencing techniques for region server recovery, and how HBase leverages data locality through short circuit reads, checksums, and block placement hints. The document is intended help underst…

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