Just want to add I think this is a really important point: > From: alex kamil <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: HBase's pros and cons > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 9:00 PM > Fleming, > > compare to similar or more lightweight systems which might do > the job, you will have to support it after all.
I presume you are looking at Hadoop and HBase because you have a Big Data problem (or Medium Data problem: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/big-data-freedom/). But if this is not the case, there are other tools with a smaller footprint and more familiar semantics you should consider, such as MySQL, or some of the document oriented "NoSQL" offerings. If you have a search intensive application you might want to look at something like Solr. Along those lines, for an architecture which seems to merge Solr and HBase profitably, I encourage you to check out Outerthought's LilyCMS: http://lilycms.org/lily/, http://lilycms.org/lily/381-OTC.html - Andy
