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02-16-2026 04:24 AM
@Nidhi_Patni Thanks for production level information!
@wesleyfelipe
> I have one question: what was the trade-off between using traditional partitioning with Z-ordering versus liquid clustering?
Traditional partitioning with Z-ordering is kind of the old-school approach. Most people still stick with it because it works well for them (for example, most of my tables are still using it). We only started using liquid clustering about a month ago.
Also, keep in mind that liquid clustering requires DBR 13.3 or above. If you’re using structured streaming, you’ll need 15.4+. For us, upgrading to 15.4+ took a bit of time.
If you want to deep dive here you go