Any data store may lose data, as a generic statement, so maybe you had something more specific in mind?
On May 13, 2012, at 9:21 PM, "Srikanth P. Shreenivas" <srikanth_shreeni...@mindtree.com> wrote: > There is a possibility that you may lose data, and hence, I would not use it > for first class data if data cannot be re-created. > If you can derive data from secondary source and store data in HBase for > performance gains, then, it is a viable use case. > > Regards, > Srikanth > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Ahmed [mailto:sahmed1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:52 AM > To: user@hbase.apache.org; Otis Gospodnetic > Subject: Re: hbase as a primary store, or is it more for "2nd class" data? > > Otis, > > It kind of goes back to what I was saying earlier, if FB is using it for > searching your inbox, or storing your chat messages or wall posts, I don't > really think that is important (and really it isn't hehe) > > I was just making an observation and wanted to get a feel for what others > think. Obviously ever tool has its purpose and domain, and I was curious as > to what others have seen in production usage etc. > > (I do realize some use cases the data is very important like analytic data > that usually correlates to advertising $$ etc.) > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Otis Gospodnetic < > otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ahmed, >> >> At Sematext we have a few SaaS products that use HBase as the primary >> data store. I hear Facebook uses HBase for some important stuff, too. >> ;) So far we've survived. HBase does have rough edges, but also good >> developers who are making it better every day. >> >> Otis >> ---- >> Performance Monitoring for Solr / ElasticSearch / HBase - >> http://sematext.com/spm >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> >>> To: user@hbase.apache.org >>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 8:14 PM >>> Subject: hbase as a primary store, or is it more for "2nd class" data? >>> >>> I'm interested to learn if people are using hbase as a primary store >>> or is it more for "2nd class" type data. >>> >>> Pretend you have a CMS product, or eCommerce Saas application: >>> >>> What I mean by this is, I consider "primary store" to mean storing >>> the actual content (say articles, or blog posts), category data, user >>> information, or shopping cart order, product information. >>> >>> "2nd class" type data is data like metrics, analytics, log data, or >>> say index data (data that can be re-built via the primary store). >>> >>> In general 2nd class data is data that if lost, it won't bring the >> business >>> to its knees. >>> >>> What do you guys think, am I right? >>> >>> i.e. if you are creating a Saas product, it wouldn't be advisible to >>> build it using hbase (or it will be kind of bleeding edge architecture). >>> >>> >>> >> > > ________________________________ > > http://www.mindtree.com/email/disclaimer.html
