public void run() {
long startTime, endTime;
HTableDescriptor desc = new HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(TABLE_NAME));
desc.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(COLUMN_NAME));
SplitAlgorithm algo = new RegionSplitter.HexStringSplit();
byte[][] splits = algo.split(REGION_COUNT);
LOG.info(String.format("Creating table %s with %d splits.",
TABLE_NAME, REGION_COUNT));
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
try {