Alex Merced • 1/8/2024

Nessie - An Alternative to Hive & JDBC for Self-Managed Apache Iceberg Catalogs

This article discusses the limitations of traditional self-managed catalogs like Hive Metastore and JDBC for Apache Iceberg tables. It introduces Nessie as an open-source, self-managed alternative that bridges the gap, enabling better leverage of Iceberg's latest features (like the REST catalog API) and simplifying management in complex, multi-engine data environments.

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#Metadata Management #Data Engineering #Apache Iceberg