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Karthic Rao

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A collection of 3 posts from Karthic Rao

The Case for Native Iceberg Catalog APIs and Unified Governance in Object Storage

Karthic Rao Karthic Rao Karthic Rao @hackintoshrao on Apache Iceberg |
The Case for Native Iceberg Catalog APIs and Unified Governance in Object Storage

Apache Iceberg is significantly transforming modern data lakes. Its introduction to object storage platforms has been celebrated for delivering ACID transactions, strong schema evolution, and warehouse-like reliability to data lake architectures. The Iceberg Catalog API standard is crucial to this transformation, as it ensures that various tools can consistently discover tables and execute atomic transactions once a compliant catalog service

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Discover, Transact, Govern? Unpacking the Iceberg Catalog API Standard's True Scope.

Karthic Rao Karthic Rao Karthic Rao @hackintoshrao on Apache Iceberg |
Discover, Transact, Govern? Unpacking the Iceberg Catalog API Standard's True Scope.

In data engineering, open standards are foundational for building interoperable, evolvable, and non-proprietary systems. Apache Iceberg, an open table format, is a prime example. Along with compute, Iceberg brings structure and reliability to data lakes. When coupled with high-performance object storage like MinIO AIStor, Iceberg unlocks new avenues for creating next-generation, high-performance, cost-effective, and scalable architectures.  However, this powerful table

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Iceberg's Catalog API: The Atomic Pointer Manager Behind Your Iceberg Tables

Karthic Rao Karthic Rao Karthic Rao @hackintoshrao on Apache Iceberg |
Iceberg's Catalog API: The Atomic Pointer Manager Behind Your Iceberg Tables

Apache Iceberg has significantly reshaped how organizations manage and interact with massive structured analytical datasets inside object storage. It brings database-like reliability and powerful features such as ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel. Although these features are commonly emphasized, the Iceberg Catalog API is what makes these tables accessible. The Iceberg Catalog API is a centralized interface for managing

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