title: Using Apache HBase on a single server
body: <p>I'm new to NoSQL DBs and Apache HBase but I want to learn it.
  And I was wondering if I can use HBase with just one server because what I know so far is that there are 3 modes with which HBase can run.
  1. Standalone
  2. Pseudo-distributed
  3. Fully-distributed</p>
  
  <p>so on a single server I'm only able to use standalone and pseudo-distributed but here's the problem, because I've found that these 2 modes are not supposed to be used in production environment.</p>
  
  <p>The question is: Can I use Fully-distributed configuration with a single server or am I forced to buy more servers in order to run HBase in Fully-distributed production environment?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you so much in advance.</p>