HBase Setup: Standalone Mode on windows machine
HBase is a popular NoSQL kind of database over HDFS. It is a column-oriented database based on the Google's BigTable. It can be setup in 3-modes: Standalone Mode (without HDFS) Pseudo-Distributed mode (With single node HDFS) Fully-distributed mode Out of the 3, for now it can be setup on windows only in standalone mode . But this mode is enough to play around and get familiar with it. It is quite easy to set-up but there are a few caveats that come in handy while troubleshooting especially if you are new to HBase. I'll mention them as I go in red. So,let's get started with the basic setup: First step is to download the stable version(found in the folder named "stable" at the mirror loction) of HBase as a tarball from the website and unzip into a suitable location. From the suggested mirror site, look for the hbase- - bin.tar.gz Next thing to ensure is that Java is installed on your system and JAVA_HOME is set. To verify that open comm