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Composable Data Fabric — New paradigm in data storage patterns

Tapas Das
7 min readDec 26, 2024

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As organizations navigate the complexities of modern data ecosystems, Data Lakehouse and Data Mesh have emerged as popular paradigms to store, manage, govern, and derive insights from data. The Data Lakehouse combines the scalability and flexibility of data lakes with the reliability and performance of data warehouses, enabling unified analytics. However, it often struggles with governance challenges, steep learning curves, and centralized bottlenecks as data scales.

On the other hand, Data Mesh promotes decentralization, aligning data ownership with business domains and treating data as a product. While it enhances scalability and agility, its implementation can lead to silos, interoperability challenges, and requires significant organizational and cultural shifts.

Enter the Composable Data Fabric (CDF) — a future-ready solution that integrates the strengths of both paradigms while addressing their limitations. By focusing on modularity, connectivity, and progressive adoption, CDF enables businesses to create dynamic, reusable data units that interconnect seamlessly. It offers a unified approach to managing diverse data needs, ensuring scalability, agility, and interoperability across domains, making it the ideal choice for organizations looking to stay competitive in an increasingly data-driven world.

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Tapas Das
Tapas Das

Written by Tapas Das

Solutions Architect at The Math Company

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