1 Apache HBase [1] is an open-source, distributed, versioned, column-oriented
2 store modeled after Google' Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for
3 Structured Data by Chang et al.[2] Just as Bigtable leverages the distributed
4 data storage provided by the Google File System, HBase provides Bigtable-like
5 capabilities on top of Apache Hadoop [3].
7 To get started using HBase, the full documentation for this release can be
8 found under the doc/ directory that accompanies this README. Using a browser,
9 open the docs/index.html to view the project home page (or browse to [1]).
10 The hbase 'book' at http://hbase.apache.org/book.html has a 'quick start'
11 section and is where you should being your exploration of the hbase project.
13 The latest HBase can be downloaded from an Apache Mirror [4].
15 The source code can be found at [5]
17 The HBase issue tracker is at [6]
19 Apache HBase is made available under the Apache License, version 2.0 [7]
21 The HBase mailing lists and archives are listed here [8].
23 The HBase distribution includes cryptographic software. See the export control
26 1. http://hbase.apache.org
27 2. http://research.google.com/archive/bigtable.html
28 3. http://hadoop.apache.org
29 4. http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/
30 5. https://hbase.apache.org/source-repository.html
31 6. https://hbase.apache.org/issue-tracking.html
32 7. http://hbase.apache.org/license.html
33 8. http://hbase.apache.org/mail-lists.html
34 9. https://hbase.apache.org/export_control.html