topic Re: Databricks Features in Get Started Discussions

Databricks Features

Ganeshch — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:54:27 GMT

Hi All, I am new to the Databricks, am using community version. So far, I have noticed some limitations , features like DBFS (File System) are restricted and Cluster Configuration is Locked. So I am thinking to use trial version, it will give 14 days trial , right. This would allow me to use all the available features.

What are your thoughts on this?

Re: Databricks Features

ilir_nuredini — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:42:54 GMT

Hello @Ganeshch ,

By community version you mean the free edition where the DBFS is not supported. But anyhow, DBFS is now considered a legacy approach, and you should use Unity Catalog Volumes for storing and accessing data going forward as it is the recommended way. And in terms of experimenting and learning the platform I would suggest to keep using the free edition, regardless of the cluster limitation, as the serverless compute will cover all of your need for them.

It would be great to let me know for what scenarios you are willing to use and I can give you more guide on how you can leverage the free edition.

Hope that helps. Best, Ilir

Re: Databricks Features

Ganeshch — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:32:42 GMT

Thank you ,

through serverless compute , we can use databricks for some basic python, pyspark,sql practices only right.

Re: Databricks Features

Khaja_Zaffer — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:55:00 GMT

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Hello However, the DBFS file browser is often disabled by default in the user interface. It can typically be re-enabled through the admin settings. In the free edition, you would face some limitations with cluster size.

However, if you want to practice Spark SQL and Python or PySpark, its a best place.

Try to read data by loading it from DBFS and start practicing.

@Ganeshch

Re: Databricks Features

ilir_nuredini — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:49:44 GMT

Hello @Ganeshch ,

The serverless compute supports all the data engineering tools that Databricks offers, that goes beyond just basic ones. Best, Ilir