Tag: Deletion Vectors

All the articles with the tag "Deletion Vectors".

31 MIN READ•Jul 28, 2026
Why Iceberg V4 Wants to Retire Equality Deletes, and What Streaming Teams Should Do About It
Equality deletes made streaming upserts into Iceberg practical at the cost of read performance. V4 proposes retiring them in favor of deletion vectors with an async conversion path.
Apache IcebergStreamingData Engineering
17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Iceberg v3 Deletion Vectors and Faster DML
An in-depth exploration of iceberg v3 deletion vectors and faster dml
Apache IcebergIceberg v3Deletion Vectors

Why Iceberg V4 Wants to Retire Equality Deletes, and What Streaming Teams Should Do About It