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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 06:55:00 -0700
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Subject: Re: should i use compression?
From: Ted Yu <yuzhihong@gmail.com>
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You should use data block encoding (in 0.94.x releases only). It is helpful
for reads.

You can also enable compression.

Cheers


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Prakash Kadel <prakash.kadel@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>     I have a question.
>     I have a table where i store data in the column qualifiers(the values
> itself are null).
>     I just have 1 column family.
>    The number of columns per row is variable (1~ few thousands)
>
> Currently i don't use compression or the data_block_encoding.
>
> Should i?
> I want to have faster reads.
>
> Please suggest.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Prakash Kadel

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