Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Formation (DLF) is a fully managed platform for unified metadata, data storage, and data management. It provides features such as metadata management, storage management, permission management, storage analysis, and storage optimization. DLF seamlessly integrates with multiple Alibaba Cloud big data compute engines to break down data silos, helping you build and manage cloud-native data lake and OpenLake solutions. The platform unifies metadata, lake table formats, and data storage. This simplifies data lake construction and management, which allows your business to focus on innovation and data insights.
Product series introduction
Product series | Description |
DLF 2.0 (Recommended) | Provides fully managed Paimon metadata and data storage management. It supports features such as metadata management, storage management, permission management, storage analysis, and storage optimization. DLF 2.0 integrates with various Alibaba Cloud big data compute engines, search engines, and AI engines to break down data silos. This helps you quickly build and manage cloud-native data lake and OpenLake solutions. By unifying metadata, lake table formats, and data storage, DLF 2.0 simplifies O&M and lets your business focus on innovation and data insights. |
DLF 1.0 | Provides a fully managed metadata management service that is highly compatible with open source ecosystems. It supports features such as metadata management, permission management, and storage overview analysis. DLF 1.0 integrates with multiple Alibaba Cloud big data compute engines to break down data silos. This helps you quickly build and manage cloud-native data lakes, simplifying O&M and letting your business focus on innovation and data insights. |
Selection advice
Use DLF 2.0 for new business scenarios.
Product series | Scenarios |
DLF 2.0 (Recommended) | DLF 2.0 provides a fully managed service for Paimon metadata, data storage, and management. It supports multiple storage optimization policies to deliver more secure and higher-performance lake management. Suitable for LakeHouse scenarios. |
DLF 1.0 | Use DLF 1.0 for scenarios not yet covered by DLF 2.0. These scenarios include the following:
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