Announcing General Availability of MinIO AIStor Tables
AIStor Tables: The first data store to build-in Apache Iceberg™ V3, unifying both tables and objects for analytics and AI at scale
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A collection of 5 posts tagged with "Iceberg Catalog"
From Data Swamps to Reliable Data Systems: How Iceberg Brought 40 Years of Database Wisdom to Data Lakes
The data lake was once heralded as the future, an infinitely scalable reservoir for all our raw data, promising to transform it into actionable insights. This was a logical progression from databases and data warehouses, each step driven by the increasing demand for scalability. Yet, in embracing the data lake's scale and flexibility, we overlooked a critical difference.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreDiscover, 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
Read moreIceberg'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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