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Edit of the quick start and moving around some sections, appendices 

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<abstract>
<para>This is the official book of
<link xlink:href="http://www.hbase.org">Apache HBase</link>,
a distributed column-oriented database built on top of
a distributed, versioned, column-oriented database built on top of
Apache Hadoop <link xlink:href="http://hadoop.apache.org/">Common and HDFS</link>.
</para>
</abstract>
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<para><itemizedlist>
<para>Here is a quick guide to starting up a standalone HBase
instance, inserting rows into a table via the <link
linkend="shell">HBase Shell</link>, and then clean up and shutting
down your instance.</para>
instance, inserting rows into a table via the
<link linkend="shell">HBase Shell</link>, and then cleaning up and shutting
down your running instance.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Download and unpack the latest stable release.</para>
<para>Choose a download source from <link
<para>Choose a download site from this list of <link
xlink:href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hbase/">Apache
Download Mirrors</link>. Click on it. This will take you to a
mirror of the <emphasis>HBase Releases</emphasis> page. Click on
mirror of <emphasis>HBase Releases</emphasis>. Click on
the folder named <filename>stable</filename> and then download the
file <filename><?eval ${project.version}?>.tar.gz</filename>.</para>
file that ends in <filename>.tar.gz</filename>;
e.g. <filename>hbase-<?eval ${project.version}?>.tar.gz</filename>.</para>
<para>Decompress and untar your download. Then change into the
unpacked directory and startHBase</para>
<para>Decompress and untar your download and then change into the
unpacked directory and start HBase</para>
<para><programlisting>$ tar xfz <?eval ${project.version}?>.tar.gz
$ cd <?eval ${project.version}
<para><programlisting>$ tar xfz hbase-<?eval ${project.version}?>.tar.gz
$ cd hbase-<?eval ${project.version}?>
$ ./bin/start-hbase.sh
starting master, logging to logs/hbase-user-master-example.org.out?></programlisting></para>
starting master, logging to logs/hbase-user-master-example.org.out</programlisting></para>
<para>You now have a running HBase instance. HBase logs can be
found in the <filename>logs</filename> subdirectory. Check them
out.</para>
out especially if HBase had trouble starting.</para>
<note>
<title>Is <application>java</application> installed?</title>
<para>The above presumes a 1.6 version of Oracle java is installed on your
machine and available on your path; i.e. when you type
<application>java</application>, you see output that describes the options
the java program takes. If this is not the case, HBase will not start.
Install java, edit <filename>conf/hbase-env.sh</filename>, uncommenting the
<envar>JAVA_HOME</envar> line pointing it to your java install. Then,
retry the steps above.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Connect to your running HBase via the HBase Shell</para>
<para>Connect to your running HBase via the
<link linkend="shell">HBase Shell</link>.</para>
<para><programlisting>$ ./bin/hbase shell
HBase Shell; enter 'help&lt;RETURN&gt;' for list of supported commands.
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hbase(main):001:0&gt; </programlisting></para>
<para>Type <command>help</command> to see a listing of shell
<para>Type <command>help</command> and then <command>&lt;RETURN&gt;</command>
to see a listing of shell
commands and options. Browse at least the paragraphs at the end of
the help emission for the gist of how variables are entered in the
HBase shell; in particular note how table names, rows, and
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<listitem>
<para>Create a table named <filename>test</filename> with a single
colum family named <filename>cf.</filename></para>
column family named <filename>cf.</filename> and then insert some
values.</para>
<para><programlisting>hbase(main):003:0&gt; create 'test', 'cf'
0 row(s) in 1.2200 seconds</programlisting></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Insert some values into the table
<varname>test</varname>.</para>
<para>Below we insert 3 values. The first insert is at
<varname>row1</varname>, column <varname>cf:a</varname> -- columns
have a column family prefix delimited by the colon character --
with a value of <varname>value1</varname>.</para>
<para><programlisting>hbase(main):004:0&gt; put 'test', 'row1', 'cf:a', 'value1'
0 row(s) in 1.2200 seconds
hbase(main):004:0&gt; put 'test', 'row1', 'cf:a', 'value1'
0 row(s) in 0.0560 seconds
hbase(main):005:0&gt; put 'test', 'row2', 'cf:b', 'value2'
0 row(s) in 0.0370 seconds
hbase(main):006:0&gt; put 'test', 'row3', 'cf:c', 'value3'
0 row(s) in 0.0450 seconds</programlisting></para>
<para>Above we inserted 3 values, one at a time. The first insert is at
<varname>row1</varname>, column <varname>cf:a</varname> -- columns
have a column family prefix delimited by the colon character --
with a value of <varname>value1</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>Exit the shell by typing exit.</para>
<para><programlisting>hbase(main):014:0&gt; exit
$ </programlisting></para>
<para><programlisting>hbase(main):014:0&gt; exit</programlisting></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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</section>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="configuration">
<title>Configuration</title>
<para>
</para>
<section>
<title><filename>hbase-site.xml</filename> and <filename>hbase-default.xml</filename></title>
<para>What are these?
</para>
<para>
Not all configuration options make it out to
<filename>hbase-default.xml</filename>. Configuration
that it thought rare anyone would change can exist only
in code; the only way to turn up the configurations is
via a reading of the source code.
</para>
<!--The file hbase-default.xml is generated as part of
the build of the hbase site. See the hbase pom.xml.
The generated file is a docbook section with a glossary
in it-->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../target/site/hbase-default.xml" />
</section>
<section>
<title><filename>hbase-env.sh</filename></title>
<para></para>
</section>
<section>
<title><filename>log4j.properties</filename></title>
<para></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Noteworthy Configuration</title>
<para>Below we review a couple of the key configurations.
We'll list those you must to change to suit your context
and others that you should review and consider moving on
from defaults after guaging your deploys load and query profiles.
</para>
<section>
<title>LZO compression</title>
<para>You should consider enabling LZO compression. Its
near-frictionless and in most all cases boosts performance.
To enable LZO, TODO...
</para>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="shell">
<title>The HBase Shell</title>
<para></para>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="datamodel">
<title>Data Model</title>
<para>The HBase data model resembles that a traditional RDBMS.
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<para></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Column Family</title>
<section xml:id="columnfamily">
<title>Column Family<indexterm><primary>Column Family</primary></indexterm></title>
<para>
Columns in HBase are grouped into <emphasis>column families</emphasis>.
All column members of a column family have a common prefix. For example, the
columns <emphasis>courses:history</emphasis> and
<emphasis>courses:math</emphasis> are both members of the
<emphasis>courses</emphasis> column family.
The colon character (<literal
moreinfo="none">:</literal>) delimits the column family from the
column family <emphasis>qualifier</emphasis>.
The column family prefix must be composed of
<emphasis>printable</emphasis> characters. The qualifying tail, the
<indexterm>column family <emphasis>qualifier</emphasis><primary>Column Family Qualifier</primary></indexterm>, can be made of any
arbitrary bytes. Column families must be declared up front
at schema definition time whereas columns do not need to be
defined at schema time but can be conjured on the fly while
the table is up an running.</para>
<para>Physically, all column family members are stored together on the
filesystem. Because tunings and
storage specifications are done at the column family level, it is
advised that all column family members have the same general access
pattern and size characteristics.</para>
<para></para>
</section>
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</section>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="shell">
<title>The HBase Shell</title>
<para></para>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="filesystem">
<title>Filesystem Format</title>
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</section>
</chapter>
<chapter xml:id="regions">
<chapter xml:id="architecture">
<title>Architecture</title>
<section>
<title>Regions</title>
<para>This chapter is all about Regions.</para>
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master.</para>
</section>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter>
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</section>
</appendix>
<appendix id="configuration">
<title xml:id="configuration">Configuration</title>
<para>
</para>
<section>
<title><filename>hbase-site.xml</filename> and <filename>hbase-default.xml</filename></title>
<para>What are these?
</para>
<para>
Not all configuration options make it out to
<filename>hbase-default.xml</filename>. Configuration
that it thought rare anyone would change can exist only
in code; the only way to turn up the configurations is
via a reading of the source code.
</para>
<!--The file hbase-default.xml is generated as part of
the build of the hbase site. See the hbase pom.xml.
The generated file is a docbook section with a glossary
in it-->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../target/site/hbase-default.xml" />
</section>
<section>
<title><filename>hbase-env.sh</filename></title>
<para></para>
</section>
<section>
<title><filename>log4j.properties</filename></title>
<para></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Noteworthy Configuration</title>
<para>Below we review a couple of the key configurations.
We'll list those you must to change to suit your context
and others that you should review and consider moving on
from defaults after guaging your deploys load and query profiles.
</para>
</section>
</appendix>
<glossary xml:id="glossary">
<title xml:id="glossary">HBase Glossary</title>
<glossentry>
<glossterm xml:id="cf">column family</glossterm>
<glossterm xml:id="cfqualifier">column family qualifier</glossterm>
<acronym>cf</acronym>
<abbrev>cf</abbrev>
<glossdef>
<para>
Columns in HBase are grouped into <emphasis>column families</emphasis>.
All column members of a column family have a common prefix. For example, the
columns <emphasis>courses:history</emphasis> and
<emphasis>courses:math</emphasis> are both members of the
<emphasis>courses</emphasis> column family.
The colon character (<literal
moreinfo="none">:</literal>) delimits the column family from the
column family <emphasis>qualifier</emphasis>.
The column family prefix must be composed of
<emphasis>printable</emphasis> characters. The qualifying tail, the
column family <emphasis>qualifier</emphasis>, can be made of any
arbitrary bytes. Column families must be declared up front
at schema definition time whereas columns do not need to be
defined at schema time but can be conjured on the fly while
the table is up an running.</para>
<para>Physically, all column family members are stored together on the
filesystem. Because tunings and
storage specifications are done at the column family level, it is
advised that all column family members have the same general access
pattern and size characteristics.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossary>
<index>
<title>Index</title>
</index>