What’s New in Starburst Galaxy – May 2024

Starburst Galaxy's May 2024 update introduces several new features, including support for Snowflake Iceberg Catalogs, enhanced autoscaling, and active query monitoring, aimed at improving data performance and user experience. The update allows users to leverage the Snowflake catalog metastore for accessing Iceberg tables, offering a cost-effective compute layer while enabling data federation. Active query monitoring is now integrated within Galaxy, eliminating the need for the Trino UI and allowing users to track and investigate queries directly. Autoscaler enhancements, which are in private preview, now factor in various metrics for resource allocation. The introduction of dynamic catalogs allows users to update catalogs without workflow interruptions, and automated materialized view refreshes streamline the adoption of Iceberg benefits. Additionally, Delta Lake Time Travel is now available, facilitating the tracking and restoration of table changes. These updates are part of Starburst Galaxy's efforts to provide a more efficient and seamless data lake analytics platform.