Apache HBase

Fatma Kahveci
Coding
  • HBase is a data model that is similar to Google’s big table.
  • It is an open source distributed database, written in Java.
  • HBase runs on top of HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System).
  • It is column-oriented.

Architecture of HBase

Main components

1. HMaster

2. RegionServer

3. Zookeeper