HBase - the Definitive Guide - 2nd Edition

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If youre looking for a scalable storage solution to accommodate a virtually endless amount of data, this updated edition shows you how Apache HBase can meet your needs. Modeled after Googles BigTable architecture, HBase scales to billions of rows and millions of columns, while ensuring that write and read performance remain constant.

Fully revised for HBase 1.0, this second edition brings you up to speed on the new HBase client API, as well as security features and new case studies that demonstrate HBase use in the real world. Whether you just started to evaluate this non-relational database, or plan to put it into practice right away, this book has your back.