ApsaraDB for HBase is a fully managed, cloud-native NoSQL database service compatible with open source Apache HBase. It handles petabyte-scale data volumes and high-concurrency workloads with millisecond-level latency, eliminating the operational overhead of self-managed HBase clusters.
Key capabilities
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Low storage costs: Cost-effective storage for large-scale datasets.
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Petabyte-scale storage: Stores and processes petabytes of data across distributed nodes.
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High-concurrency throughput: Handles massive concurrent read and write operations at millisecond latency.
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Elastic scaling: Scales capacity within seconds to match changing workloads.
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SQL-based lightweight analytics: Runs SQL queries on large datasets for lightweight data analysis.
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Full-text search: Full-text indexing and retrieval via Solr integration.
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Intelligent data processing: Built-in intelligent processing for complex data workloads.
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Multiple storage engines: Supports KV, relational, document, time series, spatio-temporal, and full-text storage types through a unified HBase API.
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Global distribution: Deployed across regions for high availability.
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Full hosting: Fully managed infrastructure so you can focus on your application.
Use cases
ApsaraDB for HBase stores massive volumes of semi-structured and unstructured data in real time. It provides high concurrent throughput, SQL-based lightweight analytics, and full-text search. Combined with a broad set of tools and ecosystem integrations, ApsaraDB for HBase meets enterprise needs for storing, retrieving, and analyzing large-scale data. It is suited for applications that require high concurrent throughput, flexible data schemas, or multi-model storage in a single service.
| Scenario | Storage type | Storage object | Engine API | Key benefit |
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| Social interaction distribution or chat records | KV | Key and Value fields | HBase API | Low latency and high concurrency |
| Upgrades of traditional relational databases | SQL | Relational model |
SQL |
Large storage capacity and distributed SQL database |
| Risk control or user profiling | Tablestore | Sparse table | HBase API | Dynamic schema and large storage capacity |
| News | Document storage | JSON, XML, or HTML | HBase API | Large storage capacity and high concurrency |
| Images or videos | Object Storage Service (OSS) | Images and videos | HBase API | Large storage capacity |
| Sensors or Internet of Things (IoT) | Time series data | Continuous temporal data | OpenTSDB or HBase API | Large storage capacity |
| Internet of Vehicles (IoV) or sports apps | Spatio-temporal data | Spatial dimension or spatial trajectory | GeoMesa or HBase API | Large storage capacity and high-performance writes |
| Full-text search | Full text | Full text | Solr or HBase API | High throughput |
Production-proven at scale
ApsaraDB for HBase powers core services across Alibaba's ecosystem, including recommendations on Taobao, risk control for Huabei, logistics tracking for Cainiao, transaction records on Alipay, advertising, data dashboards, and messaging in the Taobao mobile app.