Start a Crunch pilot
Experience the savings potential of Crunch using a sample of your data.
The easiest way to prove out the value of Crunch compression optimization in your environment is to initiate a pilot. A Crunch pilot is quick and easy, typically lasting 2-3 weeks start to finish.
Success criteria
- Storage Reduction: Quantify the storage reduction capabilities of Granica Crunch on your representative Parquet dataset.
- Data Integrity: Validate that data integrity is maintained throughout the compression lifecycle.
- Query Performance: Validate that query performance improves or, at least, remains unaffected post-compression.
By demonstrating the effectiveness of Granica Crunch across a representative sample of your data and your queries, a pilot builds confidence in the ability of Crunch to deliver value across your entire data lakehouse.
Deployment options
The preferred deployment requires a Kubernetes cluster that has access to:
- Data — S3, GCS
- Catalogs — Unity Catalog, Glue
- Database — RDS, Cloud SQL
You can pick the data environment that you feel comfortable with. For example, you may start with data in your Dev or QA environment before you transition to production.
See the Crunch FAQ for a full list of supported catalogs and preferred Kubernetes specs.
Customers can provision Kubernetes themselves, or delegate provisioning to Granica's Forward Deployment Engineers. For the latter, customers provide a "Maintenance Server" that has permission to provision Kubernetes and Managed Databases. Granica will then assign an IAM role for data access.
Deploy Crunch
Once the Kubernetes cluster is ready, deploy the Granica Helm Chart which includes all required components:
- APIs for integration
- Web Application for table discovery, monitoring, and onboarding
The Helm Chart downloads artifacts from Granica Artifactory Store directly. If your company policy requires an internal Artifactory Store, contact our support team to arrange delivery.
Get started
Our pilot process is simple yet comprehensive. Contact our product team to initiate a pilot today. The process is fast and easy, and you'll soon be on your way to reducing costs and speeding queries in your lakehouse.
Related reading
Crunch compatibility
Supported platforms and file formats for Granica Crunch.
Use the Granica CLI
Every command and flag available in the Granica command-line interface.