Lakehouse//RT, the real-time Lakehouse powered by Reyden — Reynold Xin, Co–founder & Chief Architect
Summary
Databricks introduces Lakehouse//RT, a new SQL warehouse powered by the Raiden engine, designed to provide millisecond performance and massive concurrency for real-time analytics directly on data lake formats like Delta and Iceberg. This innovation aims to unify data warehousing and serving stacks, eliminating the need for separate systems and data copies.
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