Data Lakes vs Data Warehouses

What is the difference between Data Lakes and Warehouses?

Giorgos Myrianthous
Towards Data Science
5 min readFeb 7, 2022

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Introduction

Data Lakes and Warehouses are probably the two most widely used storage types when it comes to storing data on a permanent basis. In this article we are going to explore both, unfold their key differences and discuss their usage in the context of an organisation.

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