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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 08:39:14 -0800
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Subject: Re: Question about hbase.regionserver.lease.period
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Lucian Iordache
<lucian.george.iordache@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm having some problems with some LeaseTimeoutExceptions when scanning in
> HBase from a Mapper (I use some filters that probably match some values
> that are at the end of the region, or at least not close enough to the
> beginning of the region).
> The size of my region is 2G ( *8* times the default, which is 256M ), and
> the hbase.regionserver.lease.period and hbase.rpc.timeout are 240 seconds (*4
> * times the default, which is 60 seconds).
>
> I'm guessing that when increasing the region size we must increase the
> timeouts in a liniar mode, but I would like to get your opinion about that.
> So, should I increase the lease timeout *8 x default* in my case?
>

Sure. Try it.  You do not say what your version is (Some fixes were
made to lease timeout code in later hbase versions).

St.Ack