Apache BookKeeper 4.18.0-SNAPSHOT
This documentation is for Apache BookKeeper™ version 4.17.1.
Apache BookKeeper™ is a scalable, fault-tolerant, low-latency storage service optimized for real-time workloads. It offers durability, replication, and strong consistency as essentials for building reliable real-time applications.
BookKeeper is suitable for a wide variety of use cases, including:
| Use case | Example |
|---|---|
| WAL (write-ahead logging) | The HDFS namenode |
| WAL (write-ahead logging) | Twitter Manhattan |
| WAL (write-ahead logging) | HerdDB |
| WAL (write-ahead logging) | Pravega |
| Message storage | Apache Pulsar |
| Offset/cursor storage | Apache Pulsar |
| Object/BLOB storage | Storing snapshots to replicated state machines |
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Users
- Concepts: Start with concepts. This will help you to fully understand the other parts of the documentation, including the setup, integration and operation guides.
- Getting Started: Install Apache BookKeeper and run bookies locally
- API: Read the API documentation to learn how to use Apache BookKeeper to build your applications.
- Deployment: The Deployment Guide shows how to deploy Apache BookKeeper to production clusters.
Administrators
- Operations: The Admin Guide shows how to run Apache BookKeeper on production, what are the production considerations and best practices.
Contributors
- Details: Learn design details to know more internals.