Discuss about the different tombstone markers used for deletion purposes in HBase.?



Discuss about the different tombstone markers used for deletion purposes in HBase.?..

Answer / Kamala Kant

"In Apache HBase, tombstone markers are used to represent deleted data. There are two types of tombstone markers: 1) Minor Tombstones: Deletions that occur within a single major compaction cycle. 2) Major Tombstones: Deletions that will be removed during the next major compaction, which happens periodically based on the compaction policies set for the table."n

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