// Get all latest entry row key of all existing instances
// Consumer state column is named as "<groupId><instanceId>"
Get get = new Get(rowKey);
get.addFamily(QueueEntryRow.COLUMN_FAMILY);
get.setFilter(new ColumnPrefixFilter(Bytes.toBytes(groupId)));
List<HBaseConsumerState> consumerStates = HBaseConsumerState.create(hTable.get(get));
int oldInstances = consumerStates.size();
// Nothing to do if size doesn't change