File optimization for delta table (versioning and snapshot ) in storage S3

[vinaykumar]

Delta table generates new file for every insert or update on table and keep the old version files also for versioning  and time travel history .

I have 1tb data as delta table and every 30 minutes , 90 percent data getting updated so file size will be getting increase exponentially .

Is there any way to optimize the storage size ( want to keep 1 week time travel history also)

[Ajay-Pandey]

Hi @vinay kumar​ ,

You can use partitionBy() to partition your data that's help you for data skipping and use vacuum to delete older history from delta tables.

[vinaykumar]

Yes , but partitionBy will help at some level to skip new file creation - but lets assume 90 percent data getting updated on every load and want to keep the time travel history also.

[Anonymous]

Hi @vinay kumar​ 

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