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Azure HDInsight HBase

Web · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted · API

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Azure HDInsight HBase is ranked #79 of 92 in business intelligence tools on Freedom251, made by Azure HDInsight HBase (Redmond, Washington, USA). It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.

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HDInsight HBase cluster 2 head servers · At least 1 region server · 3 master/ZooKeeper nodes azure.microsoft.com · 21 Sept 2026

Azure HDInsight HBase Per minute for each cluster node while the cluster is running; pricing depends on node type and quantity. HBase listed as base price/node-hour + $0/core-hour · VM prices vary by configuration and region azure.microsoft.com · 12 Oct 2026

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The record

Product: HDInsight HBase is a managed Azure cluster running Apache HBase, an open-source, schemaless NoSQL database built on Hadoop.
Data model: HBase organizes data into rows and columns grouped by column family, and supports random access with strong consistency.
Storage: HBase cluster data is stored in the Azure Storage or Azure Data Lake Storage account selected when the cluster is created.
Availability and performance: The HDInsight implementation provides automatic table sharding and failover, in-memory read caching, and high-throughput streaming writes.
Data access: Data can be managed with the HBase shell, a C# client library over the HBase REST API, or queried with Apache Hive.
Integrations: The documentation lists Apache Hive, Pig, Solr, Flume, Impala, Spark, Ganglia, and Drill as applications that can integrate with HBase.
SQL queries: Apache Phoenix provides a JDBC-accessible SQL query engine for querying and managing HBase tables.
Use cases: Microsoft describes HBase uses including key-value and messaging systems, sensor and time-series data, dashboards, audit logs, and real-time queries.
Security: HDInsight security options include virtual networks, encryption, and Microsoft Entra ID integration; some security solutions are not enabled by default.
Encryption: HBase clusters without Accelerated Writes use storage service encryption by default, with optional host encryption and customer-managed-key encryption at rest.
Security package status: The Enterprise Security Package supports HBase, but Microsoft says the package is retiring and reaches end of support on July 31, 2026.
Notable limit: Thrift is not supported by HBase in HDInsight.
Support: HDInsight standard support includes cluster support requests, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and critical security fixes until version retirement; basic support is more limited.
Founded: 1975

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learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hbase/apache-hbas· checked 12 Oct 2026
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hbase/apache-hbas· checked 12 Oct 2026
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-overvie· checked 12 Oct 2026
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/disk-encryption· checked 12 Oct 2026
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/enterprise-securi· checked 12 Oct 2026
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-compone· checked 12 Oct 2026
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/hdinsight/· checked 7 Oct 2026
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/hdinsight/· checked 21 Sept 2026
azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/details/hdinsight/· checked 12 Oct 2026