DieterDP-ng commented on code in PR #6370: URL: https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/6370#discussion_r1871159219
########## hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreFactory.java: ########## @@ -43,8 +44,13 @@ private BackupRestoreFactory() { * @return backup restore job instance */ public static RestoreJob getRestoreJob(Configuration conf) { + Class<? extends RestoreJob> defaultCls = + conf.getBoolean(RestoreJob.KEEP_ORIGINAL_SPLITS_OPT, false) Review Comment: If I understand correctly, the downside of this approach versus the old one is that backup creation requires more work: resources and time. The main advantage is that restores will be faster, and the future prospect of using backups as input for jobs as a snapshot-view. I'm leaning towards keeping the old approach the default, since I assume restores should be seldomly done. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@hbase.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org