Storage and computing capacity are coupled with nodes, which means you must add more nodes to increase either capacity. For systems with low traffic, such as log storage and backup systems, purchasing nodes only to increase storage capacity results in wasted resources and unnecessary costs. The Serverless edition of Hbase is designed for these use cases and can significantly reduce costs.
Small to medium-sized and lightweight users
The Serverless edition of Hbase is ideal for small and medium-sized businesses that require a pay-as-you-go solution. You do not need to purchase an entire cluster. Instead, you pay only for what you use. For short-term projects, you can reduce costs to less than 10% of the price of a traditional cluster. Services can be started and stopped in seconds, which provides high flexibility for your applications.
Users with scheduled tasks
The inherent elasticity of the Serverless edition of Hbase makes it ideal for customers with scheduled tasks. For example, you might process requests at a set time each day or run data analytics at night. This service model provides flexible data access while minimizing backend operations and maintenance (O&M) and costs. The following figure shows an example where a user experiences high request volumes on Mondays and Fridays, with stable traffic for the rest of the week. Serverless Hbase is well-suited to handle this pattern, eliminating the need to frequently scale out to manage short-term growth.
Users with fluctuating workloads
Users who want a fully managed service
The backend of the Serverless edition of Hbase is managed by Alibaba Cloud's experienced O&M team. The team expertly handles all aspects of cluster O&M, including upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. This provides small and medium-sized companies with a fully managed cluster service, ensuring that the backend service is always efficient and stable.