To add to Andy's point - storing images in HBase is fine as long as the size of each image isn't huge. A couple for MBs per row in HBase do just fine. But once you start getting into 10s of MBs, there are more optimal solutions you can explore and HBase might not be the best bet.
Amandeep On Jan 6, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > Also YFrog / ImageShack serves all of its assets out of HBase too, so for > reasonably sized images some are having success. See > http://www.slideshare.net/jacque74/hug-hbase-presentation > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Yusup Ashrap <aph...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> there are a lot great discussions on Quora on this topic. >> >> http://www.quora.com/Apache-Hadoop/Is-HBase-appropriate-for-indexed-blob-storage-in-HDFS >> http://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-use-HDFS-HBase-to-serve-images >> >> http://www.quora.com/What-is-a-good-choice-for-storing-blob-like-files-in-a-distributed-environment > > > > -- > Best regards, > > - Andy > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > (via Tom White)
