[HBASE-18444] Add support for specifying custom meta table suffix

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.1, 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: HBASE-18477
• Labels: patch
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ajay Jadhav
• Reporter: Ajay Jadhav
• Created: 24/Jul/17 20:57
• Updated: 20/Sep/17 12:18
• Resolved: 07/Sep/17 19:54

Description

This patch provides user an ability to have a custom meta table suffix.

In order to share a common rootDir amongst multiple HBase clusters, we need separate meta table for each cluster.
With custom meta table suffix, the meta table is named in the form of meta_

{suffix}

making it specific to a cluster.
Users can specify the meta table suffix as part of hbase-site.xml.