Explain how proper data partitioning can simplify the archiving or deletion of data in a Delta Lake table. Provide a detailed example of how you would design a partitioned table to facilitate easy data archiving and deletion, including any necessary Spark code to implement this design.

Simulated

Data archiving and deletion are unrelated to data partitioning.

3.6%

Proper partitioning simplifies data management by allowing selective operations on specific partitions.

93.7%

Data archiving requires a complete reorganization of the table, regardless of partitioning.

1.8%

Deletion operations are always slow and cannot be optimized with partitioning.

0.9%

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