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ORC

ORC files are optimized record columnar file format and are the extended version of RC files. These are great for compression and are best suited for Hive SQL performance when Hive is reading, writing, and processing data to reduce access time and the storage space. These files do not support true schema evolution. They are mainly supported by Hortonworks and are not suitable for Impala SQL processing.

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