Designing Schema in HBase

Question

I have two tables in an existing RDBMS. One table contains order information (item, quantity, price, etc.) and the other contains store information (address, phone, manager, etc).  These two tables are not often accessed simultaneously. I would like to move this data into HBase. Can someone help me how would I design the schema?

Answer 1

Just create a single table with two column families.
Physically, all column family members are stored together on the filesystem. Because tunings and storage specifications are done at the column family level, it is advised that all column family members have the same general access pattern and size characteristics.

Hope this helps.