Index: hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/hbase.rb =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/hbase.rb (revision 1501086) +++ hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/hbase.rb (working copy) @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else self.configuration = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration.create # Turn off retries in hbase and ipc. Human doesn't want to wait on N retries. - configuration.setInt(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants::HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER, 7) + configuration.setInt("hbase.client.retries.number", 7) configuration.setInt("ipc.client.connect.max.retries", 3) end end