Different workloads have different characteristics, so experiment with different tuning options before finalizing. We cannot achieve the optimum performance for HBase without optimizing Hadoop as HBase runs on top of Hadoop. So, we will first see the optimization parameters of Hadoop and then continue optimizing HBase.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:
Hadoop and HBase cluster types
Hardware requirements
Capacity planning
Hardware, network, and operating system considerations
The optimization of different components in a cluster configuration
Different configuration files in Hadoop/HBase