Introduction to BigLake Iceberg tables for Apache Iceberg
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BigLake tables for Apache Iceberg (BigLake Iceberg tables)
are Iceberg
tables that you create from open source engines and store in Cloud Storage. Like
all tables that use BigLake metastore, open source engines and
BigQuery can read them. However, only open source engines can write to
them.
BigLake Iceberg tables in BigQuery
Key features of BigLake Iceberg tables in BigQuery include:
Metastore: BigLake metastore.
Storage: Cloud Storage.
Storage optimization: Customer or third-party managed.
Read and write access:
Open source engines: Read/write.
BigQuery: Read-only.
Use cases: Open lakehouse with high-performance, enterprise-grade
storage for advanced analytics, streaming, and AI.
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