Hi Michael, Not a problem..I'll try to act according to your advice..Thanks a lot for all the support.
Regards, Mohammad Tariq On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Michael Segel <michael_se...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Mohammad, > I'm tight on time... Short answer... > Strip out the xml in to some object and then consider using Avro to write the > object to HBase. > This could probably shrink your footprint per record/row. > > Note: I don't know anything about your data so you really have to take what I > say with a large grain of salt. > > Based on what you've said, the best answer I can give to your original > question is that it sounds like you're going down the right path. > > HTH > > -Mike > > >> From: donta...@gmail.com >> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:23:21 +0530 >> Subject: Re: Creating columns within columns >> To: user@hbase.apache.org >> >> Hi Lars, >> >> Files are not really big..Might go upto 20kB..Initially we were >> thinking about the HDFS as storage, but due to the lack of random data >> access we are now planning to use Hbase..Please guide me if you think >> there is some way that can help us, as we are new to the hadoop world. >> >> Regards, >> Mohammad Tariq >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Lars <lhofha...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > How big are these XML files? >> > >> > You might want to consider storing them in HDFS directly and only Meta >> > information in HBase. >> > >> > -- Lars >> > >> > >> > Mohammad Tariq <donta...@gmail.com> schrieb: >> > >> >>Hello list, >> >> >> >> I want to store xml files in Hbase and these files may have >> >>tags within tags..And for that I have to create several columns within >> >>a column family..How can I do that..Sorry if my question is >> >>childish..And if that is the case please provide me some link where I >> >>can get the proper info..Many thanks. >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >> Mohammad Tariq >