Delta Lakes: ACID Transactions, Time Travel & Delta Tables

Optimizing Delta Tables

As your Delta Lake grows in size and complexity, optimizing its performance becomes crucial to ensure efficient storage and query execution. Here’s a guide on how to optimize Delta tables:

1. Compaction

Delta Lake automatically manages data files through a process called compaction. Compaction merges small files into larger ones, reducing the number of files and improving read performance.

• Manual Compaction: You can manually trigger compactions using the VACUUM command or by setting up automatic compaction policies.

  python
   
  1# Manual VACUUM to compact data files
  2delta_table.vacuum(retentionHours=24)

  sql
   
  1-- SQL equivalent for manual vacuum
  2VACUUM sales_silver RETENTION HOURS = 24;

• Retention Policies: You can configure retention policies to automatically manage old data files.

  python
   
  1# Configure automatic retention policy
  2delta_table.vacuum(retentionHours=7 * 24)

2. Z-ordering

Z-ordering is a technique that reorganizes the data in Delta tables based on specific columns

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