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Subject: Re: HBase client load balancing
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On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does HBase client load balances accross the nodes for the initial
> connection it creates or do the applications need to somehow load balance
> the connections?

No.

Client puts row into the region that is responsible for it.  If you
are asking client to put rows that all fit a single region only, then
that is what it will do.

St.Ack