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What is a data lakehouse? Combining data lakes and warehouses for the best of both worlds

Dynatrace

Data lakes, meanwhile, are flexible environments that can store both structured and unstructured data in its raw, native form. This approach enables organizations to use this data to build artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models from large volumes of disparate data sets. Data warehouses.

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What is a Distributed Storage System

Scalegrid

Handling a storage system spread across multiple physical servers introduces complexities such as unpredictability in behavior, difficulties with testing procedures, and an overall increase in administrative complexity due to the dispersed nature of data.

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5 data integration trends that will define the future of ETL in 2018

Abhishek Tiwari

In 2018, we will see new data integration patterns those rely either on a shared high-performance distributed storage interface ( Alluxio ) or a common data format ( Apache Arrow ) sitting between compute and storage. For instance, Alluxio, originally known as Tachyon, can potentially use Arrow as its in-memory data structure.