ApsaraDB for HBase is a fully managed, cloud-native NoSQL database service compatible with open source HBase. It handles petabyte-scale data volumes and high-concurrency workloads with millisecond-level response latency—without the operational overhead of managing your own HBase cluster.
Key capabilities
Low storage costs: Delivers cost-effective storage for large-scale datasets.
Petabyte-scale storage: Stores and processes petabytes (PB) of data across distributed nodes.
High-concurrency throughput: Handles massive concurrent read and write requests at millisecond latency.
Elastic scaling: Scales capacity within seconds to match changing workload demands.
SQL-based lightweight analytics: Runs SQL queries on large datasets for lightweight data analysis.
Full-text search: Provides full-text indexing and retrieval via Solr integration.
Intelligent data processing: Applies intelligent processing to support complex data workloads.
Multiple storage engines: Supports KV, relational, document, time series, spatio-temporal, and full-text storage types through a unified HBase API.
Global distribution: Distributed across regions for high availability.
Full hosting: Fully managed service that handles infrastructure so you focus on your application.
Use cases
ApsaraDB for HBase provides real-time storage of massive semi-structured and unstructured data. It offers capabilities such as high concurrent throughput, SQL-based lightweight data analysis, and full-text search. With a comprehensive set of tools and extensive ecosystem integration, ApsaraDB for HBase further satisfies enterprises' needs to store, retrieve, and analyze large amounts of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 of Huabei, logistics tracking of Cainiao, transaction records of Alipay, advertising, data dashboards, and messages of the mobile Taobao app.