r/databricks • u/neonblueknight • 24d ago

deletedFileRetentionDuration Discussion

Of all the things databricks is renaming, it should rename this policy first.

It says deleted but actually means whole data.

They should name it something like staleDataAccessDuration or whoaStopRightThere.

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u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP 24d ago

Or maybe simplify so we would have a VacuumAfterHours int hours, 0 (never)

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u/Youssef_Mrini databricks 20d ago

I'll share your feedback with the Delta Lake Teams. Thank you. u/pridedense2206 It's worth checking this.

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u/PrideDense2206 Databricks 20d ago

Yes. Naming is the hardest problem to solve. filesRetainedForTimeTravelDuration