Explain the concept of shallow cloning in Delta Lake and how it differs from deep cloning. Discuss the scenarios where shallow cloning is advantageous over deep cloning in terms of storage and performance.

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Shallow cloning in Delta Lake involves creating a full copy of the data, similar to deep cloning but with faster processing times.

7.2%

Shallow cloning creates a new table that references the original data files without duplicating them, saving storage space and speeding up the cloning process.

82.7%

Shallow cloning is not supported in Delta Lake; all cloning operations result in deep clones.

1.4%

Shallow cloning is primarily used for metadata operations and does not involve any data copying.

8.6%

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Explain the concept of shallow cloning in Delta Lake and how it differs from deep cloning. Discuss the scenarios where shallow cloning is advantageous over deep cloning in terms of storage and performance.