Example 14. Modify the Minimum Number of Versions for a Column Family
You can also specify the minimum number of versions to store per column family. By default, this is set to 0, which means the feature is disabled. The following example sets the minimum number of versions on all columns in column family f1 to 2, via HBase Shell. You could also use HColumnDescriptor.
hbase> alter ‘t1′, NAME => ‘f1′, MIN_VERSIONS => 2