What's New in Apache HBase
This topic lists new features for Apache HBase in this release of Cloudera Runtime.
Operational database cluster
You can create an HBase cluster in Amazon AWS from within CDP by selecting the Operational Database cluster template and have a cluster running in under ten minutes.
Amazon S3 as a storage layer
You can use Amazon S3 as a storage layer for HBase where HFiles are written to S3 and WALs are written to HDFS.
For more information about Apache HBase, see Apache HBase Overview.