Data Lake for Enterprises

Differences between Data Lake and Data Warehouse

Many a times, Data Lakes are also perceived as Data Warehouses. Both Data Lake and Data Warehouse have different objectives to be achieved in an enterprise. Some of the key difference are shown here:

Data Lake	Data Warehouse
Captures all types of data and structures, semi-structured and unstructured in their most natural form from source systems	Captures structured information and processes it as it is acquired into a fixed model defined for data warehouse purposes
Possesses enough processing power to process and analyze all kinds of data and have it analyzed for access	Processes structured data into a dimensional or reporting model for advanced reporting and analytics
A Data Lake ...