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Attribute Delta Lake Apache ORC
Name Delta Lake Apache ORC
Description Delta Lake is an open-source storage framework that enables building a Lakehouse architecture. ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads.
License Apache license 2.0 Apache license 2.0
Source code https://github.com/delta-io/delta https://github.com/apache/orc
Website https://delta.io/ https://orc.apache.org/
Year created 2019 2013
Company Databricks Hortonworks, Facebook
Language support scala, java, python, rust java, scala, c++, python
Use cases Write once read many, Analytics, Efficient storage, ACID transactions Write once read many, Analytics, Efficient storage, ACID transactions
Is human readable
no
no
Orientation column row
Has type system
yes
yes
Has nested structure support
yes
yes
Has native compression
yes
yes
Has encoding support
yes
yes
Has constraint support
yes
no
Has acid support
yes
no
Has metadata
yes
yes
Has encryption support
maybe
yes
Data processing framework support Apache Drill, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Gobblin, Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Pig, Apache Spark,
Analytics query support Apache Hive, AWS Athena, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Dremio, Presto, Trino, Apache Impala, Apache Druid, Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, AWS Athena, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Firebolt, Presto, Trino,