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HBase is a NoSQL database. It stores data as a key-value pair where key is used to uniquely identify a row and each value is further divided into multiple column families. HBase reads subset of columns by reading the entire column families (which has referred columns) into memory and then discards unnecessary columns. To reduce number of column families read in a query, it is very important to define HBase schema carefully. If it is created without considering workload then it might create inefficient layout which can increase the query execution time. There are already many approaches available for HBase schema design but in this post, I will present to use of vertical partitioning algorithms to create HBase column families.