[HBASE-3328] Admin API: Explicit Split Points

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.92.0
• Component/s: Client, IPC/RPC
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Nicolas Spiegelberg
• Reporter: Nicolas Spiegelberg
• Created: 09/Dec/10 20:02
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 12:40
• Resolved: 15/Dec/10 01:44

Description

Add the ability to explicitly split an existing region at a user-specified point. Currently, you can disable automated splitting and can presplit a newly-created table at explicit boundaries, but cannot explicitly bound a split of an existing region.