https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Hbase-Soket-TimeOut-Exception/m-p/38561#M56419 For the timeout part of the question, please take a look at <A href="http://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/admin_hbase_scanner_heartbeat.html" target="_blank">http://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/admin_hbase_scanner_heartbeat.html</A> Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:41:29 GMT Harsh J 2016-03-11T09:41:29Z