[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-5335) Dynamic Schema Configurations

["Nicolas Spiegelberg (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Nicolas Spiegelberg commented on HBASE-5335:
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My current proposal is to create a derived class off HBaseConfiguration called HBaseTableConfiguration.  Also, create a HBaseStoreConfiguration derived from HBaseTableConfiguration.  This will allow us to specify all the normal Config.get() keys on a per-table, per-CF basis without a major code refactor.  Still need to flush out how this would look in the schema, since you probably want to distinguish between reserved keywords and "at your own risk" hidden settings.

For config items that we later identify as important, we can create a reserved keyword and then map it to the old config name.  This will allow us to iterate fast & stabilize without needing explicit schema migration.
                
> Dynamic Schema Configurations
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>
>                 Key: HBASE-5335
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5335
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Nicolas Spiegelberg
>            Assignee: Nicolas Spiegelberg
>              Labels: configuration, schema
>
> Currently, the ability for a core developer to add per-table & per-CF configuration settings is very heavyweight.  You need to add a reserved keyword all the way up the stack & you have to support this variable long-term if you're going to expose it explicitly to the user.  This has ended up with using Configuration.get() a lot because it is lightweight and you can tweak settings while you're trying to understand system behavior [since there are many config params that may never need to be tuned].  We need to add the ability to put & read arbitrary KV settings in the HBase schema.  Combined with online schema change, this will allow us to safely iterate on configuration settings.

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