ENTERPRISE IT
“ IN THE WORLD OF DATA
MANAGEMENT , THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO USE
ONE DATA LAKE FOR ALL DATA OR MULTIPLE LAKES IS A COMMON ONE ”
JAMES SERRA DATA & AI SOLUTION ARCHITECT ,
MICROSOFT
same region as an end-user or application querying the data . Disaster recovery , different data retention policies , and the ability to implement different service levels for different data types are further reasons to consider having multiple data lakes .
“ It ’ s important to note that using multiple data lakes can increase the complexity and cost of your data management infrastructure and require more resources and more expertise to maintain , so it ’ s important to weigh the benefits against the costs before implementing multiple data lakes ,” says Serra .
“ Multiple data lakes also may require additional data integration and management tools to help ensure that the data is properly transferred between the different data lakes and that data is consistent across all data lakes ,” says Serra . “ Finally , having multiple data lakes adds the performance challenge of combining the data when a query or report needs data from multiple lakes .”
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