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Federation vs Lakehouse: A Decision Framework for Unified Data Access
The article compares two approaches to unified data access: consolidation via lakehouse and federation via query-time integration. It argues that the best architecture uses both, with federation for agility and lakehouse for performance. The author, a Dremio employee, provides a decision framework and lifecycle pattern for combining them.
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A vendor-biased but practical guide that correctly identifies the tradeoffs, though it understates the complexity of maintaining hybrid architectures at scale.
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