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Apache HBase pros and cons

Vendor: Apache
3.6 out of 5

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PROS

Apache HBase utilizes a column family structure, which is highly valued.
In-memory processing optimizes queries, facilitating concurrent queries and lookup jobs.
Being embedded enhances Apache HBase's speed significantly.
Linking operates with virtually no delay, contributing to overall speed.
Internal optimization makes queries very efficient and sufficient.

CONS

Users report performance issues when storing large amounts of data with Apache HBase.
There are problems with performance consistency.
Integration with Apache Phoenix requires optimization to handle multiple requests efficiently.
The setup process for Apache HBase is time-consuming.
Connecting Apache HBase to the NYPD engine takes significantly longer than expected.
 

Apache HBase Pros review quotes

Atif Tariq - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Big Data Engineer | Developer at Huawei
Nov 20, 2023
Apache HBase is a database used for data storage.
Sekhar Reddy B - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at Securonix
Aug 18, 2024
The most valuable part is the column family structure.
Ephrem Sisay - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer (M-PESA) at Safaricom Ethiopia plc
Aug 22, 2025
The in-memory processing lets us optimize our queries and helps us run concurrent queries and other jobs such as the lookup jobs we always use Apache HBase for.
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YD
Principle Network and Database Engr at Parsons Corporation
Aug 22, 2025
The best features of Apache HBase include being embedded, making it very fast; when it's linking, it operates with virtually no delay, and all of the queries are very fast too due to some internal optimization which makes it very sufficient and efficient.
 

Apache HBase Cons review quotes

Atif Tariq - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Big Data Engineer | Developer at Huawei
Nov 20, 2023
I don't like using Apache HBase to store huge amounts of data because of many performance issues.
Sekhar Reddy B - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at Securonix
Aug 18, 2024
We've seen performance issues.
Ephrem Sisay - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer (M-PESA) at Safaricom Ethiopia plc
Aug 22, 2025
Apache HBase could be improved by optimizing the integration with Apache Phoenix; sometimes the abstraction and lookup jobs lead to issues when there are too many requests.
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YD
Principle Network and Database Engr at Parsons Corporation
Aug 22, 2025
The setup of Apache HBase needs a lot of time, and the linkage is not the program itself, but the activation and connecting to the NYPD engine always takes considerable time.