Please make sure you're downloading from a nearby mirror site, not from www.apache.org.
We suggest downloading the current stable release.
The 2.4.z series is the current stable release line, it supercedes earlier release lines
If you are a user of HBase 1.y and can not yet upgrade to the stable release line, we suggest downloading the latest 1.y minor release.
Note that:
For older versions, check the foundation archive of release artifacts.