But HBase is build upon hadoop which is not supposed to run on windows as production environment.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Ravi <ravikapoor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I want to bring up a critical issue i.e. windows support. Today I decided > to move away from hbase to mongoDB and I want to explain why and I hope this > will help the hbase team understand needs of users like me and ultimately a > better product. > > I am an entrepreneur working on a web application. I do not have big money > or big team. So while I am trying to move a mountain, I want the path of > least resistance and want a DB that does not pose additional challenges. > > Ultimately I found hbase to be more difficult to install and API to be > difficult to use on my windows machine (where I am doing the development). > After struggling for a few days, I realize that I am losing steam and I > better choose a path of least resistance and I am switching to mongoDB. > > I do think that hbase is currently ahead. Mongo DB is missing a few > critical features for a large website. However if I lose steam, there > wouldnt be a website. > > So I request the hbase team to think if users like me and windows > development environment is important enough for the team. A one click > install on windows and mongoDB like driver would go a long way to compete > with other DBs. > > I hope that helps > Ravi > > -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang
