Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 074F0656F for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 39571 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2011 12:30:09 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 39527 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2011 12:30:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hbase.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hbase.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 39519 invoked by uid 99); 15 Jul 2011 12:30:08 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:30:08 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [82.132.130.150] (HELO mail.o2.co.uk) (82.132.130.150) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:30:01 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.70] (86.181.153.71) by mail.o2.co.uk (8.5.119.05) (authenticated as joel.halbert8909@o2.co.uk) id 4E0B26B302FE2DE3 for user@hbase.apache.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:31:41 +0100 Subject: Backup data for a single hbase instance From: Joel Halbert To: users-hbase Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:29:37 +0100 Message-ID: <1310732977.2089.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I have a standalone, single, HBase instance (not running on Hadoop, or in a cluster). What's the best strategy for creating a backup of the data? I can afford downtime so is it safe to simply create a copy of the hbase.rootdir ? Thanks Joel