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From: Jagane Sundar <jagane@sundar.org>
To: "dev@hbase.apache.org" <dev@hbase.apache.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:06:57 -0500
Subject: Writing the WAL to a different filesystem from the HFiles
Thread-Topic: Writing the WAL to a different filesystem from the HFiles
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Hello HBaseistas,

I have a question: Has anyone here tried to run HBase with the WAL going to=
 one FileSystem, and the HFiles going to another?

My casual perusal of the source code indicates that this is not possible, s=
o I am willing to hack a configuration option to do this and try it out.

Let me explain my motivation for trying this experiment: I want to run HBas=
e on Amazon EC2, with the WAL going to a HDFS on Ephemeral Storage, and HFi=
les going to S3.

Is this a reasonable thing to attempt? Or am I out of my mind?

Thanks in advance, and congratulations on building an outstanding piece of =
software.
Jagane=