Delta Lake
FreeOpen storage layer that brings ACID transactions to Apache Spark and lakehouses.
Tool Info
Overview
Delta Lake adds ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and time travel to data lakes.
It is the default table format in Databricks and widely used with Spark.
Delta UniForm enables interoperability with Iceberg and Hudi readers.
Pricing
Pros
- Tight Spark integration
- Time travel and MERGE
- Databricks ecosystem
Best For
When NOT to Use
- Historically Spark-centric
- Unity Catalog ties to Databricks
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Related Guides
- Lakehouse
Engineering guide to lakehouse architecture — open table formats (Delta Lake, Iceberg), ACID on object storage, and unified analytics and ML.
- Data Lakes
Engineering guide to data lakes — schema-on-read object storage, partitioning, medallion layers, governance, and lake vs warehouse trade-offs.
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