Building a Fully-Managed OSS-Compatible Lakehouse with BigLake Managed Tables

Watch a 27-minute conference talk from OSA Con 2023 exploring how BigLake Managed Tables enhances open lakehouse architectures by combining BigQuery infrastructure with open table formats. Learn about the current landscape of open table formats like Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake, examining their embedded metadata approach and transaction log limitations. Discover how BigLake Managed Tables addresses high-throughput write challenges while maintaining open-source compatibility for compute and storage. Explore key features including fine-grained access control, time travel capabilities, and automated management of cataloging, file sizing, garbage collection, and Apache Iceberg snapshotting. Gain insights into how this solution bridges gaps between traditional open-source offerings and high-performance data warehouse requirements, with detailed perspectives on analytics engine integration including Spark, Trino, and Flink.