Uhmmm. Well...  It depends on your data and what you want to do...

Can you fit all of the data into a single row? 
Does it make sense to use a sequence file for the raw data and then use HBase 
to maintain indexes?

Just some food for thought. 



> From: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:19:16 -0800
> Subject: Re: Question about HBase for OLTP
> To: [email protected]
> 
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:25 AM, fullysane <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I know HBase is designed for OLAP, query intensive type of applications.
> 
> I would disagree. HBase isn't designed for OLAP at all - It's a way
> better fit for the kind of applications you're referring to with
> mostly single-row accesses.
> 
> -Todd
> -- 
> Todd Lipcon
> Software Engineer, Cloudera
                                          

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