Index: hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml =================================================================== --- hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml (revision 1576898) +++ hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml (working copy) @@ -558,8 +558,8 @@ hbase.hregion.memstore.block.multiplier 2 - Block updates if memstore has hbase.hregion.block.memstore - time hbase.hregion.flush.size bytes. Useful preventing + Block updates if memstore has hbase.hregion.memstore.block.multiplier + times hbase.hregion.memstore.flush.size bytes. Useful preventing runaway memstore during spikes in update traffic. Without an upper-bound, memstore fills such that when it flushes the resultant flush files take a long time to compact or split, or