Explicit Measures Podcast

221: OneLake & Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric

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Jun 6, 2023
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INSIGHT

OneLake Is One Drive For Data

  • OneLake is Microsoft's 'one drive for data' that centralizes storage across a tenant so analytics artifacts live in one discoverable place.
  • Microsoft manages underlying storage and regional endpoints, letting users access data via shortcuts while keeping data residency per region.
INSIGHT

OneLake Handles Regional Data Residency

  • OneLake uses regional endpoints and shortcuts so data can remain in-country for compliance while providing a single logical access point.
  • The hosts liken OneLake to a managed collection of ADLS Gen2 storage accounts with Microsoft routing access to the correct region.
ADVICE

Plan For Cross-Cloud Egress And Compute Costs

  • Expect egress and compute costs when reading data across clouds; plan for AWS S3 egress charges and Microsoft compute to access external Delta files.
  • Optimize reads and partitioning to keep cross-cloud access economical.
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