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5353We collaborated with multiple stakeholders, from schema owners to data engineers, for input on which tables were
5454critical and required for daily operations. This information-gathering stage identified schemas for migration and
55- non-essential
56- ones for removal, enhancing the organization’s data efficiency.
55+ non-essential ones for removal, enhancing the organization's data efficiency.
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5857## ** Execution Phase**
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114113#### ** Cost Savings:**
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116- By removing 75 TB of deprecated data, we reduced both storage costs and data handling overheads. Here’ s a rough
115+ By removing 75 TB of deprecated data, we reduced both storage costs and data handling overheads. Here' s a rough
117116breakdown of cost savings:
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119118| ** Cost Type** | ** Details** | ** Annual Cost** |
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129128### ** Enhanced Governance and Operational Efficiency**
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131130- ** Improved Data Governance:** Unity Catalog introduced clear data lineage and granular access control, essential for
132- maintaining regulatory compliance. Unity Catalog’ s centralized governance model also provided the ability to enforce
131+ maintaining regulatory compliance. Unity Catalog' s centralized governance model also provided the ability to enforce
133132 consistent access controls across environments, significantly improving both security and compliance management.
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135134- ** Operational Efficiency:** Before the migration, engineers spent significant time maintaining outdated or unnecessary
136- jobs. Considering, ~ 10 unused jobs required about 1 hour per week to manage, removing those jobs saved approximately
135+ jobs. Considering ~ 10 unused jobs required about 1 hour per week to manage, removing those jobs saved approximately
137136 10 hours of engineering effort each week. This freed up valuable time for engineers to focus on core operational
138137 tasks, accelerating product delivery and reducing maintenance overheads.
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161160it was crucial for ensuring operational continuity and preserving data accuracy. The migration optimized the governance
162161model, reduced costs, and enhanced operational focus.
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164- Stay tuned for an upcoming series of blog posts where we’ ll dive deep into the technical processes and scripts used,
163+ Stay tuned for an upcoming series of blog posts where we' ll dive deep into the technical processes and scripts used,
165164including enabling Unity Catalog for an existing production Databricks setup. 🚀
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