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Apache HBase vs memcached

A side-by-side look at Apache HBase and memcached. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache HBase

Apache HBase

Development

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's Bigtable. It is written in Java and provides fast random access to large amounts of structured data.

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memcached

memcached

Network & Admin

Memcached is an open source, high-performance distributed memory object caching system. It is used to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load for reading/writing frequently accessed data.

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