Tag: Compaction

All the articles with the tag "Compaction".

• Maintaining Apache Iceberg Tables: Compaction, Snapshot Expiration, and Orphan File Cleanup

  Published:May 22, 2026 |  at 10:00 AM

  An in-depth guide to orchestrating maintenance operations on Apache Iceberg tables, covering bin-packing, sort-based, Z-Order compaction, snapshot expiration, and orphan file removal, with query acceleration details for the Dremio engine.

• Maintaining Apache Iceberg Tables: Compaction, Expiry, and Cleanup

  Published:Apr 29, 2026 |  at 12:09 PM

  Keep Iceberg tables fast with compaction, snapshot expiry, orphan cleanup, and manifest rewriting. Here is when and how to run each operation.

• The Endgame — Building an Autonomous Optimization Pipeline for Apache Iceberg

  Published:Sep 16, 2025 |  at 09:00 AM

  Learn how to automate compaction, snapshot expiration, and layout optimization in Apache Iceberg using metadata-driven triggers and orchestration tools for a self-healing lakehouse.