Acknowledgments

Working on this book has been a humbling reminder that we, as users, stand on the shoulders of giants. HBase and Hadoop couldn’t exist if not for those papers published by Google nearly a decade ago. HBase wouldn’t exist if not for the many individuals who picked up those papers and used them as inspiration to solve their own challenges. To every HBase and Hadoop contributor, past and present: we thank you. We’re especially grateful to the HBase committers. They continue to devote their time and effort to one of the most state-of-the-art data technologies in existence. Even more amazing, they give away the fruit of that effort to the wider community. Thank you.

This book would not have been possible without the entire HBase community. HBase enjoys one of the largest, most active, and most welcoming user communities in NoSQL. Our thanks to everyone who asks questions on the mailing list and who answers them in kind. Your welcome and willingness to answer questions encouraged us to get involved in the first place. Your unabashed readiness to post questions and ask for help is the foundation for much of the material we distill and clarify in this book. We hope to return the favor by expanding awareness of and the audience for HBase.