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Speed up queries with the cost-based optimizer in Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

Starting today, the Athena SQL engine uses a cost-based optimizer (CBO), a new feature that uses table and column statistics stored in the AWS Glue Data Catalog as part of the table’s metadata. Let’s discuss some of the cost-based optimization techniques that contributed to improved query performance.

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What Is Active Metadata Management and How Does It Work?

Octopai

First, what active metadata management isn’t : “Okay, you metadata! Now, what active metadata management is (well, kind of): “Okay, you metadata! I will, of course, end up with a very amateurish finished product, because I used sub-optimal tools to do the job. That takes active metadata management.

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Maximize your data dividends with active metadata

IBM Big Data Hub

Metadata management performs a critical role within the modern data management stack. However, as data volumes continue to grow, manual approaches to metadata management are sub-optimal and can result in missed opportunities. This puts into perspective the role of active metadata management. Improve data discovery.

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Announcing the 2021 Data Impact Awards

Cloudera

And it is with this in mind, that we’re delighted to announce that the 2021 Cloudera Data Impact Awards is now open for entries. The 2021 Cloudera Data Impact Award categories aim to recognize organizations that are using Cloudera’s platform and services to unlock the power of data, with massive business and social impact.

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Optimize data layout by bucketing with Amazon Athena and AWS Glue to accelerate downstream queries

AWS Big Data

However, as data volumes continue to grow, optimizing data layout and organization becomes crucial for efficient querying and analysis. AWS Glue allows you to define bucketing parameters, such as the number of buckets and the columns to bucket on, providing an optimized data layout for efficient querying with Athena.

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How Amazon Devices scaled and optimized real-time demand and supply forecasts using serverless analytics

AWS Big Data

With data volumes exhibiting a double-digit percentage growth rate year on year and the COVID pandemic disrupting global logistics in 2021, it became more critical to scale and generate near-real-time data. Any query processor running on top of this data will scan only a subset of data for better cost and performance optimization.

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Gartner D&A Summit Bake-Offs Explored Flooding Impact And Reasons for Optimism!

Rita Sallam

Are there mitigation strategies that show reasons for optimism? Are there mitigation strategies that can be implemented successfully that could provide policy guidance and reasons for optimism in the face of ever increasing frequency of extreme weather events? They could supplement this data with any other relevant data sets.