thanks for the detailed(and helpful) response.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a very nifty ascii drawing Andy ;) > > I like your detailed answer, maybe that should be part of the FAQ? > > J-D > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The Thrift and REST connectors have different aims. My rule of thumb >> is this: >> >> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a single tenant >> deployment, use the Thrift connector, especially if you anticipate a >> high rate of small data operations. It offers performance near the >> Java native API for this type of use. >> >> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a *multi* tenant >> deployment, use the REST connector (Stargate) in a servlet deployment >> and configure authorization/authentication according to the >> capabilities of the servlet container. You can also stack the REST >> option in a layered architecture: >> >> clients >> /|\ >> | >> \|/ >> +-------------------------+ >> | cache (reverse proxy) | >> +-------------------------+ >> | authentication | >> +-------------------------+ >> |REST connector (Stargate)| >> >> +-------------------------+ >> /|\ >> | >> \|/ >> HBase >> >> Stargate is cache aware. Cache and authentication can be combined: >> http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/09/authen_squid.html >> There's no comparable stacking on the Thrift side that I'm aware. >> >> - Andy >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: Jean-Daniel Cryans <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 9:53:08 AM >> > Subject: Re: Hbase thrift status 0.20.3 >> > >> > We use thrift in production to communicate with HBase here at Stumbleupon >> > and the Stargate REST API is also well supported (and has a nice ruby >> client >> > http://github.com/greglu/hbase-stargate). >> > >> > J-D >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Saptarshi Guha wrote: >> > >> > > Hello >> > > Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of >> > > java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much >> > > part of Hbase 0.20.3? >> > > >> > > Thank you >> > > saptarshi >> > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >
