hey Dalia , A: both are good its up to u what kinda data you are processing through them, for many row and billions of col you can you Hbase and if you need to update data on regular basis then u can you hbase, for hive you can store data and easy to use as SQL , easy fetching and all. for more you can read tutorials on net hive:- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted Hbase:- http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449396107/index.html<http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449396107/index.html>
Hive thrift API: provides you to access hdfs through many language like python ,ruby, java and other. its fast and well to used regards Vikas Srivastava 2012/1/19 Dalia Sobhy <dalia.mohso...@hotmail.com> > Dear all, > I want to ask a couple of questions: > Which is better use Hive or Hive/Hbase or Hbase?What about the RCFILe?Is > there any tutorials for HiveThrift API using Java or even any examples bec > I am messed with a lot of methods which I cannot understand... > Thanks, > Please reply asap bec this part is my contribution in thesis. > Best Regards,Dalia Sobhy > >