Apache Software Foundation is announcing that Apache Parquet with version number 2.3.1 is already available to download.

What is Apache Parquet ?

Apache Parquet is . Apache Parquet is a "columnar" data storage format that was specifically created for the Apache Hadoop family of projects. Parquet is recommended to be used with large data, mainly because it uses a complex data compression system, relying on a series of optimized record shredding and re-assembly algorithms. This allows data to be broken down, organized in a nested format, and reassembled whenever queried. The Parquet format can also be used outside the Hadoop ecosystem, being specifically designed to be as agnostic as possible, working with any type of data processing framework and data storage model. This is changelog for Apache Parquet version 2.3.1 : You can read the complete changelog and also download this latest version on their homepage: parquet.io