For production deployments, Redpanda recommends using an external REST catalog to manage Iceberg metadata. This enables built-in table maintenance, safely handles multiple engines and tools accessing tables at the same time, facilitates data governance, and maximizes data discovery. However, if it is not possible to use a REST catalog, you may use the file-system based catalog, which does not require you to maintain a separate service to access the Iceberg data. In either case, you use the catalog to load, query, or refresh the Iceberg table as you produce to the Redpanda topic. See the documentation for your query engine or Iceberg-compatible tool for specific guidance on adding the Iceberg tables to your data warehouse or lakehouse using the catalog.
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