Feature | Traditional Data Lakes | Apache Iceberg |
---|---|---|
ACID Compliance | No | Fully ACID-compliant |
Schema Evolution | Complex and error-prone | Safe and seamless |
Query Performance | Slower due to lack of metadata | Faster with metadata optimization |
Time Travel | Not supported | Supported |
Partitioning | Manual and rigid | Automatic and flexible |
Feature | Apache Iceberg | Delta Lake | Apache Hudi |
---|---|---|---|
ACID Compliance | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Schema Evolution | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Time Travel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Storage Format | Parquet, Avro, ORC | Parquet + Delta logs | Parquet + Avro logs |
Primary Use Case | Large-scale data lakes | Batch and streaming data lakes | Real-time data lakes |