Rowkey is the Crux Rowkey Design

 

Apache HBase ™ Reference Guide http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#rowkey.design 

 

The Effect of ColumnFamily, RowKey and KeyValue Design on HFile Size : Apache HBase https://blogs.apache.org/hbase/entry/the_effect_of_columnfamily_rowkey

 

Performance Tuning for HBase - Part 1 - Rowkey is the Crux | Kuldeep Deshpande | Pulse | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/performance-tuning-hbase-part-1-rowkey-crux-kuldeep-deshpande

 

Row Keys in the HBase Data Model - dummies https://www.dummies.com/programming/big-data/hadoop/row-keys-in-the-hbase-data-model/