Deep dive Apache Iceberg

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Apache Iceberg

Apache Iceberg is an open table format for huge analytic datasets.

Iceberg adds tables to compute engines including:

• Spark / Flink
• Trino
• PrestoDB
• Hive
• Impala

using a high-performance table format that works just like a SQL table.

Features

Schema evolution

• Support add, drop, update, rename for schema without side-effects to files themselves.

Hidden Partitioning

Partition layout evolution

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