Lakehouse
Feature Overview For Lakehouse Storage Support
Lakehouse Storage support is available on both the Classic and Ursa engines within StreamNative Cloud. This capability enables seamless data offloading to lakehouse-compatible formats for long-term storage and analytics. The table below outlines the feature parity between the Classic and Ursa engines, highlighting the consistent experience across both runtime environments.
Feature Parity - Lakehouse Storage Features Between Classic & Ursa Engines
| Features | Classic Engine | Ursa Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Message Protocol - Pulsar | Yes | No |
| Message Protocol - Kafka | Yes | Yes |
| Data Format - Delta Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Data Format - Iceberg | Yes | Yes |
| Data Format - Hudi | No | No |
| Catalog - Unity Catalog | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog - Open Catalog | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog - S3Table | No | Yes |
| Catalog - BigQuery Metastore | No | Yes |
| Schema support (Avro, Json, Protobuf, Primitive) | Avro | Yes |
| Schema Evolution | No | No |
| UI - Self service setup | No | Yes |
| Cloud - AWS | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud - GCP | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud - Azure | No | Yes |
| Mode - SBT (Stream back by Table) | Yes | Yes |
| Mode - SDT (Stream delivered to Table) | Yes | Yes |
| Offload performance | OK | Excellent |
| Support Cluster mode | BYOC & Hosted | BYOC (Automated) Dedicated (Manual Setup) |