Re: why bloom filter is only for row key?

2014-09-14 Thread DuyHai Doan
Hello Philo Building bloom filter for column names (what you call column key) is technically possible but very expensive in term of memory usage. The approximate formula to calculate space required by bloom filter can be found on slide 27 here: http://fr.slideshare.net/quipo/modern-algorithms-

why bloom filter is only for row key?

2014-09-14 Thread Philo Yang
Hi all, After reading some docs, I find that bloom filter is built on row keys, not on column key. Can anyone tell me what is considered for not building bloom filter on column key? Is it a good idea to offer a table property option between row key and primary key for what boolm filter is built on