Analysis of Lakehouse Storage Systems: Design, Metadata, Merge‑On‑Read, and Performance Optimizations for Delta Lake, Apache Hudi, and Apache Iceberg
This article examines the architecture and core design of lakehouse storage systems, compares the metadata handling and Merge‑On‑Read mechanisms of Delta Lake, Apache Hudi, and Apache Iceberg, and presents practical performance‑optimization techniques and real‑world case studies on Alibaba Cloud EMR.