+ For more information, see the client architecture or data model sections in the HBase book. +
+[1] A consistent view is not guaranteed intra-row scanning -- i.e. fetching a portion of a row in one RPC then going back to fetch another portion of the row in a subsequent RPC. @@ -216,6 +222,10 @@ log. This does not actually imply an fsync() to magnetic media, but rather just that the data has been written to the OS cache on all replicas of the log. In the case of a full datacenter power loss, it is possible that the edits are not truly durable.
+[3] Puts will either wholely succeed or wholely fail, provided that they are actually sent + to the RegionServer. If the writebuffer is used, Puts will not be sent until the writebuffer is filled + or it is explicitly flushed.
+