Compare Apache HBase vs. Cassandra
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| HBase | |
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| Apache | Apache |
Overview | |
| Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's BigTable. Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed data storage provided by the Google File System, Apache HBase provides Bigtable-like capabilities on top of Hadoop and HDFS. | A scalable multi-master database with no single points of failure. Scalability & high availability without compromising performance. |
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| Bloomberg, Wells Fargo, Apple, Capital One, NVIDIA | Apple, BazaarVoice, Best Buy, eBay, Netflix |
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Computer Software Company31% Comms Service Provider19% Media Company10% Manufacturing Company8% | Computer Software Company37% Comms Service Provider20% Media Company7% Manufacturing Company6% |
Apache HBase is ranked 8th in NoSQL Databases while Cassandra is ranked 3rd in NoSQL Databases with 1 review. Apache HBase is rated 0.0, while Cassandra is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cassandra writes "Excellent for technical evaluation and managing very large amounts of data". Apache HBase is most compared with Accumulo, Couchbase, Scylla, CouchDB and Aerospike Database, whereas Cassandra is most compared with InfluxDB, Couchbase, Accumulo, Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and MongoDB.
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