LanguageManual ORC - Apache Hive - Apache Software Foundation

The Optimized Row Columnar (ORC) file format provides a highly efficient way to store Hive data. It was designed to overcome limitations of the other Hive file formats. Using ORC files improves performance when Hive is reading, writing, and processing data. Compared with RCFile format, for example, ORC file format has many advantages such as: a single file as the output of each task, which reduces

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"The Optimized Row Columnar (ORC) file format provides a highly efficient way to store Hive data. It was designed to overcome limitations of the other Hive file formats. Using ORC files improves performance when Hive is reading, writing, and processing data."