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Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
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Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse

by Alex Merced
April 2026
Beginner to intermediate
408 pages
13h 26m
English
Manning Publications
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11 Operationalizing Apache Iceberg

This chapter covers

  • Automating Iceberg maintenance
  • Using metadata for health monitoring
  • Enforcing retention and compliance
  • Tracking changes for governance
  • Planning for disaster recovery

Building an Apache Iceberg lakehouse is only the beginning. Once data is flowing and tables are live, the real challenge begins: keeping the system healthy, secure, compliant, and resilient amid constant change. Operationalization transforms a functional data platform into a sustainable one. It ensures that the architecture you’ve designed and the maintenance workflows you’ve implemented (based on the earlier chapters of this book) will support your business needs reliably over time.

Apache Iceberg is built for scale, ...

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