Index: src/docbkx/performance.xml =================================================================== --- src/docbkx/performance.xml (revision 1233594) +++ src/docbkx/performance.xml (working copy) @@ -358,7 +358,13 @@ Anti-Pattern: One Hot Region If all your data is being written to one region at a time, then re-read the section on processing timeseries data. - Also, see , as well as + Also, if you are pre-splitting regions and all your data is still winding up in a single region even though + your keys aren't monotonically increasing, confirm that your keyspace actually works with the split strategy. There are a + variety of reasons that regions may appear "well split" but won't work with your data. As + the HBase client communicates directly with the RegionServers, this can be obtained via + HTable.getRegionLocation. + + See , as well as