A producing system can publish its events either as a continuous stream to a Kafka topic or as files dropped into cloud storage every few minutes. The consuming lakehouse team must choose one path, and both would technically work. Which consideration should drive the choice?
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Correct answer: Requirements decide: Kafka for low-latency continuous streams; file drops for simpler operation and reprocessing
Reference: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ingestion/lakeflow-connect/
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