Alex Merced • 7/29/2025

Optimizing Compaction for Streaming Workloads in Apache Iceberg

This technical article addresses the challenge of performing table compaction in Apache Iceberg during continuous streaming workloads. It details strategies like compacting only cold partitions, using incremental windows, and metadata-driven triggers to avoid commit contention and latency spikes, ensuring performance without disrupting data ingestion.

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#Apache Iceberg #Data Lakehouse #Data Compaction