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Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

By : Dmitry Foshin, Dmitry Anoshin, Tonya Chernyshova, Sergii Volodarskyi
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Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

By: Dmitry Foshin, Dmitry Anoshin, Tonya Chernyshova, Sergii Volodarskyi

Overview of this book

"Data Engineering with Azure Databricks" is your essential guide to building scalable, secure, and high-performing data pipelines using the powerful Databricks platform on Azure. Designed for data engineers, architects, and developers, this book demystifies the complexities of Spark-based workloads, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and real-time data processing. Beginning with the foundational role of Azure Databricks in modern data engineering, you’ll explore how to set up robust environments, manage data ingestion with Auto Loader, optimize Spark performance, and orchestrate complex workflows using tools like Azure Data Factory and Airflow. The book offers deep dives into structured streaming, Delta Live Tables, and Delta Lake’s ACID features for data reliability and schema evolution. You’ll also learn how to manage security, compliance, and access controls using Unity Catalog, and gain insights into managing CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Terraform. With a special focus on machine learning and generative AI, the final chapters guide you in automating model workflows, leveraging MLflow, and fine-tuning large language models on Databricks. Whether you're building a modern data lakehouse or operationalizing analytics at scale, this book provides the tools and insights you need.
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Optimizing Query Performance and Cost Management

Having established a robust CI/CD pipeline in, your data workflows are now automated, reliable, and consistently deployed. This is a massive achievement, but the journey to production excellence doesn't end there. Once workflows are running in production, two new critical questions emerge: Are they running as fast as they can? And are they running as cheaply as they can? In the world of big data, performance is cost, and inefficient queries or over-provisioned clusters can quickly erode your budget and negate the benefits of your carefully crafted data platform.

With your CI/CD pipelines now humming along, you can deploy changes with confidence and speed. But automation is only half the battle. As your data volume and complexity grow, you will inevitably face performance bottlenecks and rising cloud costs. This is where optimization becomes the next critical stage in your data engineering journey. This chapter dives...

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