Apache HBase Overview
Apache HBase, a Hadoop NoSQL database, offers the following benefits:
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Efficient storage of sparse data—Apache HBase provides fault-tolerant storage for large quantities of sparse data using column-based compression. Apache HBase is capable of storing and processing billions of rows and millions of columns per row.
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Store for high frequency counters—Apache HBase is suitable for tasks such as high-speed counter aggregation because of its consistent reads and writes.
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High write throughput and update rates—Apache HBase supports low latency lookups and range scans, efficient updates and deletions of individual records, and high write throughput.
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Support for multiple Hadoop jobs—The Apache HBase data store allows data to be used by one or more Hadoop jobs on a single cluster or across multiple Hadoop clusters.
