Hello
Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of
java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much
part of Hbase 0.20.3?

Thank you
saptarshi

We use thrift in production to communicate with HBase here at Stumbleupon
and the Stargate REST API is also well supported (and has a nice ruby client
http://github.com/greglu/hbase-stargate).

J-D

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Saptarshi Guha <saptarshi.guha@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello
> Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of
> java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much
> part of Hbase 0.20.3?
>
> Thank you
> saptarshi
>

The Thrift and REST connectors have different aims. My rule of thumb
is this:

If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a single tenant
deployment, use the Thrift connector, especially if you anticipate a
high rate of small data operations. It offers performance near the
Java native API for this type of use.

If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a *multi* tenant
deployment, use the REST connector (Stargate) in a servlet deployment
and configure authorization/authentication according to the
capabilities of the servlet container. You can also stack the REST
option in a layered architecture:

             clients
               /|\
                |
               \|/
    +-------------------------+
    |  cache (reverse proxy)  |
    +-------------------------+
    |     authentication      |
    +-------------------------+
    |REST connector (Stargate)|

    +-------------------------+
               /|\
                |
               \|/
              HBase

Stargate is cache aware. Cache and authentication can be combined:
http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/09/authen_squid.html
There's no comparable stacking on the Thrift side that I'm aware.

   - Andy

----- Original Message ----
> From: Jean-Daniel Cryans <jdcryans@apache.org>
> To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org
> Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 9:53:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Hbase thrift status 0.20.3
>
> We use thrift in production to communicate with HBase here at Stumbleupon
> and the Stargate REST API is also well supported (and has a nice ruby client
> http://github.com/greglu/hbase-stargate).
>
> J-D
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Saptarshi Guha wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of
> > java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much
> > part of Hbase 0.20.3?
> >
> > Thank you
> > saptarshi
> >

That's a very nifty ascii drawing Andy ;)

I like your detailed answer, maybe that should be part of the FAQ?

J-D

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurtell@apache.org> wrote:

> The Thrift and REST connectors have different aims. My rule of thumb
> is this:
>
> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a single tenant
> deployment, use the Thrift connector, especially if you anticipate a
> high rate of small data operations. It offers performance near the
> Java native API for this type of use.
>
> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a *multi* tenant
> deployment, use the REST connector (Stargate) in a servlet deployment
> and configure authorization/authentication according to the
> capabilities of the servlet container. You can also stack the REST
> option in a layered architecture:
>
>             clients
>               /|\
>                |
>               \|/
>    +-------------------------+
>    |  cache (reverse proxy)  |
>    +-------------------------+
>    |     authentication      |
>    +-------------------------+
>    |REST connector (Stargate)|
>
>    +-------------------------+
>               /|\
>                |
>               \|/
>              HBase
>
> Stargate is cache aware. Cache and authentication can be combined:
> http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/09/authen_squid.html
> There's no comparable stacking on the Thrift side that I'm aware.
>
>   - Andy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jean-Daniel Cryans <jdcryans@apache.org>
> > To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org
> > Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 9:53:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: Hbase thrift status 0.20.3
> >
> > We use thrift in production to communicate with HBase here at Stumbleupon
> > and the Stargate REST API is also well supported (and has a nice ruby
> client
> > http://github.com/greglu/hbase-stargate).
> >
> > J-D
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Saptarshi Guha wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of
> > > java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much
> > > part of Hbase 0.20.3?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > saptarshi
> > >
>
>
>
>
>
>

thanks for the detailed(and helpful) response.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans <jdcryans@apache.org> wrote:
> That's a very nifty ascii drawing Andy ;)
>
> I like your detailed answer, maybe that should be part of the FAQ?
>
> J-D
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurtell@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> The Thrift and REST connectors have different aims. My rule of thumb
>> is this:
>>
>> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a single tenant
>> deployment, use the Thrift connector, especially if you anticipate a
>> high rate of small data operations. It offers performance near the
>> Java native API for this type of use.
>>
>> If you need cross platform/language compatibility in a *multi* tenant
>> deployment, use the REST connector (Stargate) in a servlet deployment
>> and configure authorization/authentication according to the
>> capabilities of the servlet container. You can also stack the REST
>> option in a layered architecture:
>>
>>             clients
>>               /|\
>>                |
>>               \|/
>>    +-------------------------+
>>    |  cache (reverse proxy)  |
>>    +-------------------------+
>>    |     authentication      |
>>    +-------------------------+
>>    |REST connector (Stargate)|
>>
>>    +-------------------------+
>>               /|\
>>                |
>>               \|/
>>              HBase
>>
>> Stargate is cache aware. Cache and authentication can be combined:
>> http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/09/authen_squid.html
>> There's no comparable stacking on the Thrift side that I'm aware.
>>
>>   - Andy
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> > From: Jean-Daniel Cryans <jdcryans@apache.org>
>> > To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org
>> > Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 9:53:08 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Hbase thrift status 0.20.3
>> >
>> > We use thrift in production to communicate with HBase here at Stumbleupon
>> > and the Stargate REST API is also well supported (and has a nice ruby
>> client
>> > http://github.com/greglu/hbase-stargate).
>> >
>> > J-D
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Saptarshi Guha wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello
>> > > Currently what is the best way to communicate with hbase outside of
>> > > java? I think thrift appears to be the best , is it still very much
>> > > part of Hbase 0.20.3?
>> > >
>> > > Thank you
>> > > saptarshi
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>