.parquet
Parquet Dataset
A sample Apache Parquet columnar data file, the standard format for big data analytics with Spark and Hadoop.
.parquet
Parquet Dataset
data file · 1.5 MB
A sample Apache Parquet columnar data file, the standard format for big data analytics with Spark and Hadoop.
File Details
- File Name
- Parquet Dataset.parquet
- Format
- PARQUET
- File Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Data Files
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- License
- Free for testing
About PARQUET Files
Apache Parquet is a columnar storage format optimized for analytical workloads. Parquet provides efficient compression and encoding schemes, making it ideal for big data processing with Apache Spark, Hadoop, Presto, and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift). It supports complex nested data structures and schema evolution.
Common Use Cases for .parquet Files
- Testing file upload and download functionality in web and mobile applications
- Validating PARQUET parsers, converters, and rendering engines
- QA and automated testing in CI/CD pipelines
- Prototyping applications that process data files files
- Learning about the PARQUET file format structure and metadata