Apache Phoenix With Variable-Length Encoded Data

Apache Phoenix is an open-source, SQL skin over Apache HBase that enables lightning-fast OLTP (Online Transactional Processing) operations on petabytes of data using standard SQL queries. Phoenix helps combine the scalability of NoSQL with the familiarity and power of SQL. By supporting large-scale aggregate and non-aggregate functionality, Phoenix has evolved into an OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) database. This makes it a compelling choice for organizations looking to combine real-time data processing with complex analytical querying in a single, unified system. Phoenix supports several variable-length data types: