HBase Tutorial

HBase - Client API

This chapter describes the java client API for HBase that is used to perform CRUD operations on HBase tables. HBase is written in Java and has a Java Native API. Therefore it provides programmatic access to Data Manipulation Language (DML).

HBase - Describe & Alter

This command returns the description of the table. Its syntax is as follows:

HBase - General Commands

The general commands in HBase are status, version, table_help, and whoami. This chapter explains these commands.

HBase - Architecture

In HBase, tables are split into regions and are served by the region servers. Regions are vertically divided by column families into Stores. Stores are saved as files in HDFS. Shown below is the architecture of HBase.

HBase - Quick Guide

Since 1970, RDBMS is the solution for data storage and maintenance related problems. After the advent of big data, companies realized the benefit of processing big data and started opting for solutions like Hadoop.

HBase - Useful Resources

The following resources contain additional information on HBase. Please use them to get more in-depth knowledge on this topic.