Architecture Digest

Mar 25, 2017 · Databases

Design, Optimization, and Future Directions of Alibaba HBase for Large‑Scale Data Storage

This article describes Alibaba's extensive use of HBase, covering its architecture, high‑availability replication strategies, multi‑link data flow, synchronous and asynchronous replication, performance optimizations, data export pipelines, and future development plans for the distributed NoSQL database.