My latest project has been to import data in to HBase. The data profile is very simple, 6 integers, serialized using Thrift and the natural key is 3 of those 6 integers. The table design is simple, a single column family, and row key is "%s:%s:%s" - the stringified version of the business key integers. The stored data is a simple 6 integer thrift struct serialized using the binary serialization. T