hbase ☆

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Description:
Hadoop database: a distributed, scalable, big data store

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.6.4@0 | Tracked Since: Nov 14, 2025

Links: Homepage | @ApacheHBase | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Databases

Tags: hadoop database big-data distributed-systems nosql

Install: brew install hbase

About:
Apache HBase is a distributed, scalable, big data store modeled after Google's Bigtable. It provides random, real-time read/write access to large datasets running on top of Hadoop HDFS. HBase is well-suited for applications requiring strict consistency, billions of rows, and millions of columns.

Key Features:

Strong consistency model for reliable data access
Linear scalability to handle petabytes of data
Built-in support for compression and Bloom filters
Native integration with Apache Hadoop ecosystem

Use Cases:

Real-time querying of big data analytics
Scalable backend for user profile and session storage
Time-series data storage and processing

Alternatives:

Cassandra – Cassandra offers eventual consistency and higher write throughput, while HBase provides strong consistency and better random read performance.
MongoDB – MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database with flexible schema, whereas HBase is column-oriented and optimized for massive scale.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 14, 2025 7:56am		0	VERSION_BUMP	cd2778e8