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Learning Hbase
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Learning Hbase

by Shashwat Shriparv
November 2014
Beginner to intermediate
326 pages
7h 4m
English
Packt Publishing
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Comparing architectural differences between RDBMs and HBase

Let's list the major differences between relational databases and HBase:

Relational databases

HBase

Uses tables as databases

Uses regions as databases

File systems supported are FAT, NTFS, and EXT

File system supported is HDFS

The technique used to store logs is commit logs

The technique used to store logs is Write-Ahead Logs (WAL)

The reference system used is coordinate system

The reference system used is ZooKeeper

Uses the primary key

Uses the row key

Partitioning is supported

Sharding is supported

Use of rows, columns, and cells

Use of rows, column families, columns, and cells

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