Can I bulk import into an existing table?

[David Medinets <da...@gmail.com>]

I think that bulk imports are only valid to empty tables but I'd like
to confirm that understanding. Let's say that I have a table with
splits 2, 4, 6, and 8. Is it possible to bulk import mutations with
row id values of 3?

Re: Can I bulk import into an existing table?

[Adam Fuchs <af...@apache.org>]

You can bulk load into existing tables, and Accumulo will figure out which
tablets to assign your files to. In your example, your file with row id
values of 3 would go into the tablet that ends at row 4. You could also
dynamically add a split point of 3, and bulk load would then put your file
into the newly created tablet ending in row 3.

Adam


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:17 AM, David Medinets
<da...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I think that bulk imports are only valid to empty tables but I'd like
> to confirm that understanding. Let's say that I have a table with
> splits 2, 4, 6, and 8. Is it possible to bulk import mutations with
> row id values of 3?
>