Dr. Estera Kot

Fabric Spark Compute Capabilities - Azure VM's and their impact on performance

Episode 44 of Fabric Espresso, hosted by Dr. Estera Kot.

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Length 9:23. Published Feb 21, 2024 on the Azure Synapse Analytics YouTube channel. Topic: Spark and Data Engineering.

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About this episode

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In this episode, Guy and Estera discuss how Fabric Spark, a distributed data processing platform, leverages Azure VM's to achieve high performance and scalability. They compare Fabric Spark with Synapse Spark, and highlight the differences in terms of architecture, features, and pricing.

Read more: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/data-engineering/spark-compute

🎙 Meet the Speakers:

👤 Guest: Guy Haycock, Principal Program Manager in Microsoft - https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyhay/

👤 Host: Estera Kot, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft - https://www.linkedin.com/in/esterakot/

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:49 What are the features of Fabric Spark Compute
  3. 2:12 Can I select a different Azure VM SKU
  4. 3:32 How often do you roll out new hardware
  5. 5:31 What about Synaps
  6. 6:29 Performance Boost
  7. 7:25 Price Comparison
  8. 8:12 Future Plans

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