BLUEPRINT UNITY CATALOG MIGRATION SNAPSHOT
Major self-storage rental company
A Unity Catalog migration enabled a national transportation and storage company to enhance data governance and operational efficiency. This migration led to improved customer service through comprehensive behavior insights and dynamic resource allocation based on real-time demand
Client snapshot
Industry:
Self-storage rental company
Migration scope
Objects:
12k hive metastore objects
Notebooks
Jobs
1.5k jobs
Key achievements:
Data optimization:
Successfully migrated 4,000 data objects, executed four times across three different configurations. This meticulous approach ensured maximum compatibility and efficiency, allowing for a seamless transition and minimized data disruption.
Time savings:
Achieved a 10% savings in compute resources, translating to faster processing times and reduced operational overhead. This efficiency gain allows for quicker data processing cycles, enhancing overall productivity and enabling more timely decision-making.
Cost Savings:
Realized a substantial 60% reduction in storage costs, achieved through efficient data reorganization and the Lakehouse Optimizer. This cost saving not only reduces the overall data management expenses but also frees up budget for other critical business initiatives.
Noteworthy aspects:
- Enhanced data governance with robust access controls and data lineage features.
- Seamless migration of metadata from Hive Metastores to Unity Catalog, ensuring minimal operational disruption.
- Refactored code to align with Unity Catalog, enabling confident data access for business users.
- Equipped business users with self-service data capabilities through comprehensive training sessions.
- Improved operational efficiency and resource allocation based on real-time demand projections.
- Strengthened ability to track data origins, transformations, and consumption.
- Achieved a comprehensive understanding of customer behavior across various data sources.
Scenario
A national player in the transportation and storage industry boasts a long-standing partnership with Databricks. The client has established a sophisticated Lakehouse deployment to manage data across the enterprise. The client aims to enhance its dedication to customer service by gaining a comprehensive understanding of customer behavior across various data sources.
Challenges
The client aimed to enhance its dedication to customer service by understanding customer behavior across various data sources and establishing a customer data platform using Databricks. They sought to improve operational efficiency and meet equipment demand by dynamically allocating resources based on real-time projections. To realize this vision, the client was committed to empowering business users with self-service data capabilities, addressing the challenge of ensuring reliable data governed by robust access controls. However, the lack of comprehensive data lineage capabilities in their Databricks deployment hindered their ability to track data origins, transformations, and consumption.
Solution
In response to the client’s urgent requirement for enhanced data governance and self-service capabilities, Blueprint was engaged to enable Unity Catalog in the client’s Lakehouse environment. This decision was motivated by the platform’s robust governance features, which include data lineage, audit control, and access control.
Blueprint utilized its expertise in data platform migration to seamlessly integrate Unity Catalog into the client’s environment. This process involved a strategic approach to migrating existing metadata from Hive Metastores to Unity Catalog, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
To facilitate the transition, Blueprint leveraged its Unity Catalog Migration Brickbuilder solution for: Assessment and Planning, Metadata Migration, Code Refactoring, and Training and Adoption.
Results
Through this structured approach, Blueprint successfully enabled Unity Catalog in the client’s Lakehouse environment, overcoming challenges associated with metadata migration and ensuring seamless integration with existing workflows.
The implementation of Unity Catalog has empowered the client to realize its vision of enabling business users with self-service data capabilities, while also enhancing data governance across the organization.