Introduction to Lakehouse & Delta Lake

Learning Objectives

Understand the limitations of traditional data lakes and how Delta Lake addresses them.

Introduction to lakehouse with it's key features

Explain the key components of Delta Lake, including Parquet files and the Delta Log.

Overview

This masterclass introduces Delta Lake, an advanced storage layer that builds on traditional data lakes to offer reliability, consistency, and performance. You will explore the Lakehouse architecture, its key features, and Delta Lake’s underlying components like Parquet files and the Delta Log.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of data lakes & data warehouse and their role in data storage.