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Accelerate your migration to Amazon OpenSearch Service with Reindexing-from-Snapshot

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In this post, we will introduce a new mechanism called Reindexing-from-Snapshot (RFS), and explain how it can address your concerns and simplify migrating to OpenSearch. Documents are parsed from the snapshot and then reindexed to the target cluster, so that performance impact to the source clusters is minimized during migration.

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Manage concurrent write conflicts in Apache Iceberg on the AWS Glue Data Catalog

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However, commits can still fail if the latest metadata is updated after the base metadata version is established. Iceberg uses a layered architecture to manage table state and data: Catalog layer Maintains a pointer to the current table metadata file, serving as the single source of truth for table state.

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Build a high-performance quant research platform with Apache Iceberg

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Iceberg offers distinct advantages through its metadata layer over Parquet, such as improved data management, performance optimization, and integration with various query engines. Icebergs table format separates data files from metadata files, enabling efficient data modifications without full dataset rewrites.

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Use open table format libraries on AWS Glue 5.0 for Apache Spark

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By providing a standardized framework for data representation, open table formats break down data silos, enhance data quality, and accelerate analytics at scale. Branching Branches are independent lineage of snapshot history that point to the head of each lineage. These are useful for flexible data lifecycle management.

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Run Apache XTable in AWS Lambda for background conversion of open table formats

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Initially, data warehouses were the go-to solution for structured data and analytical workloads but were limited by proprietary storage formats and their inability to handle unstructured data. In practice, OTFs are used in a broad range of analytical workloads, from business intelligence to machine learning.

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Monitoring Apache Iceberg metadata layer using AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and AWS CloudWatch

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This enables more informed decision-making and innovative insights through various analytics and machine learning applications. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how the metadata layer of Apache Iceberg can be used to make data lakes more efficient. It enables users to track changes over time and manage version history effectively.

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How Cloudinary transformed their petabyte scale streaming data lake with Apache Iceberg and AWS Analytics

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In this blog post, we dive into different data aspects and how Cloudinary breaks the two concerns of vendor locking and cost efficient data analytics by using Apache Iceberg, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3 ), Amazon Athena , Amazon EMR , and AWS Glue. This concept makes Iceberg extremely versatile.

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