Apache HBase [1] is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented
store modeled after Google' Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for
Structured Data by Chang et al.[2] Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed
data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like
capabilities on top of Apache Hadoop [3].
To get started using HBase, the full documentation for this release can be
found under the doc/ directory that accompanies this README. Using a browser,
open the docs/index.html to view the project home page (or browse to [1]).
The hbase 'book' at http://hbase.apache.org/book.html has a 'quick start'
section and is where you should being your exploration of the hbase project.
The latest HBase can be downloaded from an Apache Mirror [4].
The source code can be found at [5]
The HBase issue tracker is at [6]
Apache HBase is made available under the Apache License, version 2.0 [7]
The HBase mailing lists and archives are listed here [8].
The HBase distribution includes cryptographic software. See the export control
notice here [9].
1. http://hbase.apache.org
2. http://research.google.com/archive/bigtable.html
3. http://hadoop.apache.org
4. http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/
5. https://hbase.apache.org/source-repository.html
6. https://hbase.apache.org/issue-tracking.html
7. http://hbase.apache.org/license.html
8. http://hbase.apache.org/mail-lists.html
9. https://hbase.apache.org/export_control.html
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