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+![logo](https://phoenix.apache.org/images/phoenix-logo-small.png)
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+<b>[Apache Phoenix](http://phoenix.apache.org/)</b> enables OLTP and operational analytics in Hadoop for low latency applications. Visit the Apache Phoenix website <b>[here](http://phoenix.apache.org/)</b>. This is the repo for the Query Server. 
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