HBase

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The Hadoop database, a distributed, scalable, big data store

What is HBase?

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented store modeled after Google' Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data by Chang et al. Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of Apache Hadoop.
HBase is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.

Who is using it?

81 companies use HBase in their tech stacks, including Pinterest, Hepsiburada, and Hubspot.

Pinterest

Hepsiburada

Hubspot

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Meesho

Vinted

SendGrid

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JVM Stack

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Jet.com

DBS C2E

Why developers like HBase

Performance
OLTP
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