[jira] [Created] (HBASE-8765) split should be based on store size, not HFile size

["Sergey Shelukhin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Sergey Shelukhin created HBASE-8765:
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             Summary: split should be based on store size, not HFile size
                 Key: HBASE-8765
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8765
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 0.95.1
            Reporter: Sergey Shelukhin
            Assignee: Sergey Shelukhin


I noticed that the current split behavior is rather suboptimal with regard to compactions. On large regions, HFile size limit triggers a split. Split is followed by major compaction to get rid of the partial reference files. However, HFile size limit is surpassed after compaction most of the time.
So, first we rewrite a lot of data into a new file. Then we say "Oh look! A large file!", split the region and rewrite everything again.

Perhaps region split should be based on region size, or incoming compaction size - large enough compaction should be converted into splits.

Thoughts? I think basing off region size is a simple fix, and will code it up soon if there are no objections

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