Column-families are basically a group of columns which have the same attributes. They help define a set of shared features to the group of columns that are a part of the family. Naming convention for HBase column families is family:name For example, a column Science which belongs to column family Subject will be represented as... Continue Reading →

When data scales up to a huge size, we start looking for ways to manage it effectively. One way to effectively manage scaling data is Sharding.  What exactly happens in Sharding ? Horizontal splitting of data across multiple tables is termed as Sharding. In simple words, if you have a list if items and you... Continue Reading →