There differences between RDBMS and HBase are given below.

  • Schema/Database in RDBMS can be compared to namespace in Hbase.
  • A table in RDBMS can be compared to column family in Hbase.
  • A record (after table joins) in RDBMS can be compared to a record in Hbase.
  • A collection of tables in RDBMS can be compared to a table in Hbase..
HBase Data Model