'Return a connection pool to the database.
.. note::
The tests use a subclass to override this and return an
in-memory connection pool.'

@staticmethod
def _get_connection_pool(conf):

    LOG.debug('connecting    to    HBase    on    %(host)s:%(port)s', {'host': conf['host'], 'port': conf['port']})
    return happybase.ConnectionPool(size=100, host=conf['host'], port=conf['port'], table_prefix=conf['table_prefix'], table_prefix_separator=conf['table_prefix_separator'])
