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<body> <body>
<section name="Welcome to Apache HBase!"> <section name="Welcome to Apache HBase!">
<p>HBase is the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org">Hadoop</a> database. Think of it as a super-fast reliable Big Data store. <p>HBase is the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org">Hadoop</a> database. Think of it as a distributed scalable Big Data store.
</p> </p>
</section> </section>
<section name="When Would I Use HBase?"> <section name="When Would I Use HBase?">
<p> <p>
Use HBase when you need random, realtime read/write access to your Big Data. Use HBase when you need random, realtime read/write access to your Big Data.
This project's goal is the hosting of very large tables -- billions of rows X millions of columns -- atop clusters of commodity hardware. This project's goal is the hosting of very large tables -- billions of rows X millions of columns -- atop clusters of commodity hardware.
HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented store modeled after Google' <a href="http://labs.google.com/papers/bigtable.html">Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured</a> by Chang et al. HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented store modeled after Google' <a href="http://research.google.com/archive/bigtable.html">Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured</a> by Chang et al.
Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of Hadoop and HDFS. Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of Hadoop and HDFS.
</p> </p>
</section> </section>
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<p> <p>
HBase provides: HBase provides:
<ul> <ul>
<li>Linear and modular scalability.
</li>
<li>Strictly consistent reads and writes. <li>Strictly consistent reads and writes.
</li> </li>
<li>Automatic and configurable sharding of tables <li>Automatic and configurable sharding of tables