This document describes a validated design and a reference architecture for a modern data stack platform that combines Dell infrastructure, Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform, Starburst query engine, and open-source technologies: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg. Together they address the needs of organizations deploying advanced analytics and AI workloads.
This design guide can be read alongside the associated white paper Dell Validated Design for Analytics – Modern Data Stack with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. The white paper discusses the benefits of a modern data stack compared to data lakes and data warehouses. It also provides a more general overview of a modern data stack concept and its components.