dremio.com Get Star t ed An Introduction to Apache Iceberg WHITEPAPER © Dremio 2021© Dremio 2021 2 • Fully open: Iceberg provides the rich features that users have come to expect in proprietary databases, but in a fully open format that is portable across clouds. • Supports multiple file formats: Unlike other table formats that support a single underlying file format, Apache Iceberg supports Parquet, ORC, or Avro. • Engine-agnostic: All applications have equal access, and processing is not dependent on any specific engine. This provides organizations with the flexibility to customize their data lake as needed. • Provides much better performance: Iceberg provides an always correct and always consistent view of a table, enables faster query planning and execution, provides user

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