Expand data access through Apache Iceberg using Delta Lake UniForm on AWS
Big Data Blog
This article discusses Delta Lake UniForm, an extension that enables other data formats like Apache Iceberg to access Delta Lake tables. It provides a solution for interoperability between different table formats and engines.
Specifically, the article covers:
- How Delta Lake UniForm works and generates metadata files for other formats
- Steps to enable UniForm on an existing Delta Lake table or create a new table with UniForm enabled
- A use case demonstrating how to query a Delta Lake UniForm table from Amazon Redshift using Apache Iceberg
- Steps to configure resources like Amazon EMR, S3 buckets, IAM roles, and Amazon Redshift Serverless
- How to query the UniForm table from Snowflake as an alternative to Amazon Redshift
- Conclusion highlighting the benefits of Delta Lake UniForm for data interoperability on AWS
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