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
