Alex Merced 4/29/2026

How Data Lake Table Storage Degrades Over Time

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This article is Part 9 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass, detailing how data lake table storage degrades over time. It covers five types of degradation: the small file problem, orphan files, metadata bloat, sort order decay, and partition skew. It explains how each issue impacts query performance, provides real-world degradation timelines, and offers diagnostics like checking file sizes, snapshot counts, and file count growth. The content is technical, focused on IT/technology topics such as data engineering, Apache Iceberg, and storage maintenance, making it highly relevant to the project.

How Data Lake Table Storage Degrades Over Time

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