Hypertable
Hypertable is a high performance, open source, massively scalable database modeled after Bigtable, Google's proprietary, massively scalable database. Hypertable runs on top of a distributed file system such as the Apache HDFS, GlusterFS or the CloudStore Kosmos File System (KFS). It is written almost entirely in C++ as the developers believed it had significant performance advantages over Java.
History
Hypertable software was originally developed at the company Zvents before 2008. Doug Judd was a promoter of Hypertable. In January 2009, Baidu, the Chinese language search engine, became a project sponsor. A version 0.9.2.1 was described in a blog in February, 2009. Development ended in March, 2016.
- http://www.hypertable.com/blog/hypertable_inc._is_closing_its_doors
- https://www.networkworld.com/article/2283126/data-center/zvents-releases-open-source-cluster-database.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertable
- http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6645/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120305120452/http://www.googlestack.com/50226711/taking_hypertable_0921_for_a_ride.php
Checkpoints
As is the case with all databases, there are certain circumstances when Hypertable can get into an inconsistent state.
Hypertable provides a number of diagnostic and recovery tools that can be used to get Hypertable back into a consistent and operational state.
These tools include HTCK, LOG_PLAYER, METALOG_TOOL, and SALVAGE.
Website
Source Code
https://github.com/hypertable/hypertable
Tech Docs
http://www.hypertable.com/documentation/
Developer
Zvents
Country of Origin
Start Year
2008
End Year
2016
Acquired By
Baidu
Project Type
Written in
Supported languages
C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby