In HBase, what is the purpose of the HBase Write-Ahead Log (WAL)?

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Record changes to data before they are applied to the HBase table

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Join records from multiple tables

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Group records based on a condition

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Sort records based on a column

Q. In HBase, what is the purpose of the HBase Write-Ahead Log (WAL)?