@Rohan Pednekar Issue While I apply this article, I've encountered an exception on HBase configuration: hbase.master.loadbalancer.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.favored.FavoredNodeLoadBalancer Above configuration produces following exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Class org.apache.hadoop.hbase.favored.FavoredNodeLoadBalancer not found Solution To fix this issue, reconfigure hbase.master.loadbalancer.class by changing the class name as followings: hbase.master.loadbalancer.class=org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.FavoredNodeLoadBalancer Reference Uses of Interface org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer ... View more