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Answer: Delta

Delta Lake Table uses the Delta file format for storage. Delta format is specifically designed for Delta Lake and provides ACID transactions, scalable metadata handling, and unified batch and streaming data processing.

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Dinesh DeshpandeNov 20, 2025 6:20 AM

Parquet is correct format for Delta lake tables. Delta is storage format not file format.

anshul RawatDec 6, 2025 7:27 PM

right

Daniel HubbellNov 19, 2025 6:25 PM

Delta Lake is a storage format, but not a file format. The correct answer should be parquet. Delta is a storage layer on top of parquet

In the context of Databricks and Delta Lake, what specific file format is utilized for the storage of a Delta Lake table?

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Parquet

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JSON

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Delta

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