Yes you can: http://hbase.apache.org/book/regions.arch.html#compaction http://hbase.apache.org/book/important_configurations.html (Managed Compaction section)
Regards, Shahab On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Sebastian Schmidt <isib...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 06.10.2013 00:00, schrieb Cem Cayiroglu: > > It will be deleted after a compaction. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On 05 Oct 2013, at 07:29, Sebastian Schmidt <isib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> per default, the key of a row is not deleted, if all columns were > >> deleted. I tried to figure out why, but I didn't find an answer, except > >> that it is 'intended'. Why is that intended? And is there a possibility > >> to manually delete the row key? > >> > >> Regards > >> Sebastian > Okay, thanks. > > Can I manually start the compaction process? >
