Mike missed a couple: Hadoop Operations - Sammer Hbase in Action - Nick Dimiduk and Amandeep Khurana
Full disclosure I work at Cloudera, but I don't get paid to endorse these books. They are just good books. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Michael Segel <[email protected]>wrote: > Until Lars write the 2nd Edition, its still the best book out there > talking about HBase. > (I think he's waiting for all those royalty checks to stop coming in. :-P > JUST KIDDING LARS!) > > In all seriousness, the core functionality won't change, and by this I > mean that the basic framework to HBase will not change. Or change fast > enough that it wound't be covered in the next edition. > > Right now the 3-4 must have's on your book shelf are all O'Riley books : > Tom White (3rd Ed) Hadoop, (Dean, Ed, Jason) Hive, Lars HBase, and Gates > Pig. > > Just IMHO ... I don't work for O'Riley or get paid to advertise Dean's > book. ;-) > > -Mike > > On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1. > > > > I'm still not fully done with it. Even if some parts might have chance > > a bit since, it's still very accurate. And when there was some work in > > progress to update some features, you have notes about that tht > > recommands you to look at new versions. > > > > Many parts are still totally up to date, like the key design, the main > > HBase API, etc. > > > > You have information about the performances, Ganglia, and so on. > > > > I have HBase In Action also on my queue ;) I should start with it > > before Chrismass. > > > > > > > > 2012/11/29, Mohammad Tariq <[email protected]>: > >> This book deserves at least one cover to cover reading. As Adrien has > said, > >> it explains everything in proper and sufficient detail, covering from > the > >> basics to an advance level. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Mohammad Tariq > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Adrien Mogenet > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> I'm writing this quick answer with my memories (I read this book maybe > >>> one > >>> year ago) : it's still awesome to understand concepts, good recipes, > >>> HFiles > >>> and general tuning (compactions, etc.) but you'll have to dig deeper to > >>> benefit from new configuration settings or understand new behaviors (>= > >>> 0.94 if I remember). > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:09 AM, matan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> This book was recently mentioned here - 'HBase:The Definitive Guide' > >>>> < > http://www.amazon.com/HBase-Definitive-Guide-Lars-George/dp/1449396100> > >>>> . > >>>> > >>>> How much would you say is that book still up-to-date and useful, as > >>>> concerning the time and new releases passed since it was written? > HBase > >>> is > >>>> still evolving.... > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Matan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> View this message in context: > >>>> > >>> > http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/HBase-The-Definitive-Guide-book-tp4034563.html > >>>> Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Adrien Mogenet > >>> 06.59.16.64.22 > >>> http://www.mogenet.me > >>> > >> > > > > -- Kevin O'Dell Customer Operations Engineer, Cloudera
