[HBASE-17109] LoadTestTool needs differentiation and help/usage/options/cleanup and examples; else lets drop it: we have enough loading options already

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 16/Nov/16 06:10
• Updated: 29/Jun/17 23:47

Description

LTT needs better differentiation from PE (and YCSB). When would I use it instead?

If we can't make a case for it, lets drop it. Having so many loading options is only confusing

It could be easier to use and get going doing some mildly interesting loadings but the options presented confuse. They are not sorted. There are no examples. If you type nothing you get an exception instead of help. A little cleanup and LTT could be easy to get going loading tool. For heavier loading PE or YCSB... though again, the less options the better.

One thing LTT is nice at is the way it can make many tables with many regions easily. What else differentiates it?