In the previous chapter, we learned in depth about HBase and its ecosystem. In this chapter, we will discuss HBase and its components in a bit more detail. This chapter will guide you through understanding the prerequisites and assumptions that one has to make when one starts using HBase. It will also focus on the requirements to configure HBase cluster and the parameters that you need to keep in mind to have a healthy and helpful HBase. You will also get to know HBase components and their deployment considerations. Let's take a look at the topics that we are going to discuss in this chapter:
HFile
HBase region
Scalability
Reading and writing cycle
Write-Ahead Logs
MemStore
Some HBase housekeeping concepts
Region operations
Capacity planning
List of available HBase distributions
Prerequisites for HBase