Is My Data Lake Actually a Data Swamp?
What is a Data Lake?
ANSWER: A scalable, organized, blob-oriented data storage paradigm. It is a place to store data of all sizes and kinds. It is a great place for, for example, storing raw data prior to processing, old reporting datasets that don’t need to be accessed on demand.
So then, what is a Data Swamp?
ANSWER: A Data Lake without proper planning and maintenance can turn into a Data Swamp. It's a collection of data that is hard for analysts to find the data they need whether seeking the correct dataset or the most up-to-date data.
If you find yourself there, have no fear: we can engineer a way out!