Cloud-Plattformen · 21.08.2026, 19:01 UTC
AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support
| Schweregrad | info |
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| Kategorie | Cloud-Plattformen |
| Quelle | AWS News Blog ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 21.08.2026 UTC |
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Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Glue 6.0, delivering 30% lower pricing than previous AWS Glue versions and introducing full support for Apache Iceberg v3 features. AWS Glue 6.0 is built on a fully modernized runtime, Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.12, and Scala 2.13, delivering faster performance. With this release, AWS Glue provides the most complete Iceberg v3 implementation on any fully serverless managed Spark service, along with new capabilities that simplify ETL authoring, improve PySpark performance, and enable real-time streaming with single-digit millisecond latency. What is new in AWS Glue 6.0 AWS Glue 6.0 delivers the complete Apache Iceberg v3 specification, built on Iceberg 1.11.0. The headline feature is the VARIANT data type with shredding support, which achieves faster query read performance compared to traditional string data type columns for semi-structured data. With VARIANT shredding, you can store and query JSON, logs, and event data without flattening schemas, eliminating duplicate data copies, custom parsing code, and pipeline breakage when schemas change. This capability transforms how teams handle semi-structured data at scale. Additional Iceberg v3 capabilities include: Geometry and Geography data types: Enable native spatial processing for GIS analytics, location intelligence, and geospatial data pipelines directly on managed Spark. Nanosecond-precision timestamps: Support IoT sensor data, scientific computing, and high-frequency financial workloads that require precision beyond standard milliseconds. Unknown type …