The article discusses the potential of lakehouses utilizing open table formats like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake for enhancing observability in data management. It highlights their benefits, such as scalability, low cost, and the ability to handle semi-structured data, while also addressing challenges like metadata growth and object storage latency. The authors explore how these technologies can improve data governance and flexibility in observability workloads.
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