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Modernize your legacy databases with AWS data lakes, Part 2: Build a data lake using AWS DMS data on Apache Iceberg

AWS Big Data

This is part two of a three-part series where we show how to build a data lake on AWS using a modern data architecture. This post shows how to load data from a legacy database (SQL Server) into a transactional data lake ( Apache Iceberg ) using AWS Glue.

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

AWS Big Data

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. Eventually, transactional data lakes emerged to add transactional consistency and performance of a data warehouse to the data lake.

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

AWS Big Data

In modern data architectures, Apache Iceberg has emerged as a popular table format for data lakes, offering key features including ACID transactions and concurrent write support. These conflicts are particularly common in large-scale data cleanup operations. Determine the changes in transaction, and write new data files.

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Build a high-performance quant research platform with Apache Iceberg

AWS Big Data

Iceberg offers distinct advantages through its metadata layer over Parquet, such as improved data management, performance optimization, and integration with various query engines. Unlike direct Amazon S3 access, Iceberg supports these operations on petabyte-scale data lakes without requiring complex custom code.

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

AWS Big Data

In the era of big data, data lakes have emerged as a cornerstone for storing vast amounts of raw data in its native format. They support structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, offering a flexible and scalable environment for data ingestion from multiple sources.

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Introducing simplified interaction with the Airflow REST API in Amazon MWAA

AWS Big Data

The Airflow REST API facilitates a wide range of use cases, from centralizing and automating administrative tasks to building event-driven, data-aware data pipelines. Event-driven architectures – The enhanced API facilitates seamless integration with external events, enabling the triggering of Airflow DAGs based on these events.

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Simplify data integration with AWS Glue and zero-ETL to Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse

AWS Big Data

With this new functionality, customers can create up-to-date replicas of their data from applications such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Zendesk in an Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse and Amazon Redshift. SageMaker Lakehouse gives you the flexibility to access and query your data in-place with all Apache Iceberg compatible tools and engines.