https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/should-i-use-deep-clone-or-shallow-clone-which-is-better/m-p/20478#M13814 <P>It's the use case that decides the use of Shallow clone or DEEP Clone </P><P></P><P>Data is physically copied to the clone table in the case of a Deep clone. A deep clone is very useful to copy the data and have a backup of the data in another region/env. The typical use case is Back up and disaster recovery. </P><P>In the case of the Shallow clone, only the metadata reference is copied. This is more like a view pointing to the data at a point in time. </P> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:23:21 GMT brickster_2018 2021-06-24T17:23:21Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/should-i-use-deep-clone-or-shallow-clone-which-is-better/m-p/20477#M13813 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:20:53 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/should-i-use-deep-clone-or-shallow-clone-which-is-better/m-p/20477#M13813 brickster_2018 2021-06-24T17:20:53Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/should-i-use-deep-clone-or-shallow-clone-which-is-better/m-p/20478#M13814 <P>It's the use case that decides the use of Shallow clone or DEEP Clone </P><P></P><P>Data is physically copied to the clone table in the case of a Deep clone. A deep clone is very useful to copy the data and have a backup of the data in another region/env. The typical use case is Back up and disaster recovery. </P><P>In the case of the Shallow clone, only the metadata reference is copied. This is more like a view pointing to the data at a point in time. </P> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:23:21 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/should-i-use-deep-clone-or-shallow-clone-which-is-better/m-p/20478#M13814 brickster_2018 2021-06-24T17:23:21Z