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From: Vladimir Rodionov <vrodionov@carrieriq.com>
To: "user@hbase.apache.org" <user@hbase.apache.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:58:15 -0700
Subject: RE: one column family but lots of tables
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Nope. Column family is per table (its sub-directory inside your table direc=
tory in HDFS).
If you have N tables you will always have , at least, N distinct CFs (even =
if they have the same name).

Best regards,
Vladimir Rodionov
Principal Platform Engineer
Carrier IQ, www.carrieriq.com
e-mail: vrodionov@carrieriq.com

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From: Koert Kuipers [koert@tresata.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:06 AM
To: user@hbase.apache.org
Subject: one column family but lots of tables

i read in multiple places that i should try to limit the number of column
families in hbase.

do i understand it correctly that when i create lots of tables, but they
all use the same column family (by name), that i am just using one column
family and i am OK with respect to limiting number of column families ?

thanks! koert

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