FAQ
Resource Management
What is Datafold’s resource consumption footprint? How will Datafold affect my data warehouse costs?
What is Datafold’s resource consumption footprint? How will Datafold affect my data warehouse costs?
Recognizing the importance of efficient data reconciliation, we provide a number of strategies to make the diffing process as efficient as possible:Efficient AlgorithmThe diffing algorithm itself leverages stochastic checksumming which is optimized for efficiency at scale. It provides detailed comparison by pushing down the compute to both source and target databases without requiring the extraction of datasets for comparison.Flexible ControlsUsers can easily control the volume of data used in diffing by using:
- Filters: Focus on the most relevant part of the dataset
- Sampling: Set sampling as a percentage of rows or desired confidence level
- Slim Diff: Selectively diff only the models that have dbt code changes in your pull request.
- On the Datafold side: Set desired concurrency
- On the database side: Most databases support workload management settings to ensure that Datafold does not consume more than X% CPU or Y% RAM