Index: src/docbkx/book.xml =================================================================== --- src/docbkx/book.xml (revision 1125695) +++ src/docbkx/book.xml (working copy) @@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ inserted a lot of data). +
+ + Supported Datatypes + + HBase supports a "bytes-in/bytes-out" interface via Put and + Result, so anything that can be + converted to an array of bytes can be stored as a value. Values could be strings, numbers, complex objects, or even images. + + There are practical limits to the size of values (e.g., storing 50MB objects in HBase would probably be too much to ask); + search the dist-list for conversations on this topic. All rows in HBase conform to the datamodel, and + that includes versioning. Take that into consideration for your design, as well as block size for the ColumnFamily. + +
@@ -1551,6 +1564,16 @@ + + + Store (fill in the blank) in HBase? + + + + See . + + +