https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/the-lifetime-of-files-in-the-dbfs-are-not-tied-to-the-lifetime/m-p/110013#M43462 <P>What happen so that&nbsp;the lifetime of files in the DBFS are NOT tied to the lifetime of our cluster?</P> Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:42:51 GMT Dianagarces8 2025-02-12T15:42:51Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/the-lifetime-of-files-in-the-dbfs-are-not-tied-to-the-lifetime/m-p/110013#M43462 <P>What happen so that&nbsp;the lifetime of files in the DBFS are NOT tied to the lifetime of our cluster?</P> Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:42:51 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/the-lifetime-of-files-in-the-dbfs-are-not-tied-to-the-lifetime/m-p/110013#M43462 Dianagarces8 2025-02-12T15:42:51Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/the-lifetime-of-files-in-the-dbfs-are-not-tied-to-the-lifetime/m-p/110217#M43524 <P>files in dbfs are typically not linked to a cluster or it's lifetime.<BR />There are tmp directories in dbfs so perhaps you are looking at those, but f.e. Filestore can definitely be used.<BR />However, I suggest not using dbfs but some data lake (S3/ADLS).</P> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:12:19 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/the-lifetime-of-files-in-the-dbfs-are-not-tied-to-the-lifetime/m-p/110217#M43524 -werners- 2025-02-14T13:12:19Z