Why do we need buckets?



Why do we need buckets?..

Answer / Avadhesh Pratap Singh

Buckets are used in Apache Hive for partitioning large data sets. They help improve query performance by reducing the amount of data that needs to be scanned during a query operation. Buckets are created based on the value distribution of a specified column.

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