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2020-02-14
~7 min
Contributing to Apache HBase: custom data balancing
In today’s blogpost, we’re going to take a look at our upstream contribution to Apache HBase’s stochastic load balancer, based on our experience of running HBase clusters to support OVHcloud’s monitoring.
2019-11-17
~4 min
Diving into Hbase's MemStore
A code-level dive into HBase's MemStore, from the ConcurrentSkipListMap backing HBase 1.x to the in-memory compactions Accordion introduced in HBase 2.0.
2019-05-27
~3 min
Playing with TTL in HBase
A hands-on walkthrough of HBase's TTL feature, how cell timestamps and compaction interact to expire data, and how to control it by setting your own version timestamp.
2019-01-27
~4 min
Hbase Data Model
An overview of HBase's data model, row keys, column families and qualifiers, and why key design determines whether you get good performance or a hotspotted region.
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© 2026 Pierre Zemb · last rev. 2026-08-14
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