DATABRICKS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Redshift to Databricks Quickstart
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Benefits
- Accelerate high-value analytics initiatives and gain experience with Databricks.
- Get up and running on Databricks.
- Complete two (2) stored processes from Redshift to Databricks, and analyze with SQL analytics and BI tools.
- Blueprint accelerators speed time to value and actionable insights.
QuickStart Overview
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Quickstart timeline
Stage 1
Databricks deployment
- Azure or AWS – Scripted w/ Terraform
- Non-production subscription, VPC
Blueprint Lakehouse Optimizer
- Implemented in your cloud environment
- Cloud billing-reader privileges required
Redshift analysis
- Assess & select candidates for migration
Stage 2-3
Lakehouse workshops/hands-on
- Hands on with sample data in your environment
- Databricks Unity Catalog, sec, management workshop
- Target 2, half day sessions. Limited to 10.
Redshift migration
- Target small/medium complexity transform
- Leverage Blueprint Data Loader to load data from RedShift directly into Databricks
- Leverage Blueprint conversion engine to
convert up to 2 stored procs from Redshift to Databricks SQL
Stage 4
Comparison analysis
- Leverage Lakehouse Optimizer
- Compare runtimes & costs
- Forecast impacts of similar workload
migrations.
Roadmap with Blueprint
- Plan workload migrations
- Lakehouse migration strategy
- Explore service offerings from Blueprint
Migrate workloads from Redshift to Databricks
Compare costs and performance with the Lakehouse Optimizer
Plan a full migration with Blueprint
QuickStart Accelerators
Conversion Engine
Redshift to Databricks SQL