Phoenix Fundamentals

How Apache Phoenix turns HBase into a SQL database: the storage layer it sits on, where Phoenix fits in the cluster, and how a query actually runs.

1. 1 Introduction to Apache HBase Mar 12, 2026 A short, visual primer on the parts of Apache HBase that matter most for Phoenix: its data model, its API, and above all, coprocessors.
2. 2 Putting the SQL back in NoSQL Mar 18, 2026 How Phoenix maps familiar relational concepts onto plain HBase and coprocessors, without adding a database server.
3. 3 The life of a query and an upsert Mar 29, 2026 Tracing an UPSERT, a SELECT, and a GROUP BY on a real table, from Phoenix SQL down to HBase and back.