Chapter 2. Defining the Schema
In this chapter, we are going to learn some of the basic concepts of the column family database, that is, HBase, and cover the following topics:
- Data modeling
- Designing tables
- CRUD operations
Let's dive in and start off by taking a look at how we can model data in HBase.
Data modeling in HBase
In the RDBMS world, data modeling has principles around tables, columns, data types, size, and so on, and the only supported format is structured data. HBase is quite different in this aspect, as in each row, it can store different numbers of columns and data types, making it ideal for storing so-called semi-structured data. Storing semi-structured data not only impacts the physical schema but also the logical schema of HBase. For ...
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