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Data Catalog overview

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KakaoCloud's Data Catalog service is an efficient data management tool designed to help organizations and users systematically understand and manage their data assets in a centralized manner, available in a VPC environment. Data Catalog serves as an inventory of data assets within an organization, focusing on data management and metadata, and collects metadata on various data types, storing it in a central repository. Since it integrates with KakaoCloud’s data analytics ecosystem, Hadoop Eco, it enables smoother data processing and analysis workflows.
By using Data Catalog, individuals can define their owned data as tables, registering detailed information about data storage locations and properties for efficient management. Organizations can optimize their data assets, reducing data management costs and achieving business goals through efficient data utilization.

Use cases and purpose​

When an organization manages large amounts of data, it can be difficult to locate data due to its distribution, leading to issues such as data duplication, inconsistency, and decreased trustworthiness, which hinders data sharing and collaboration between users. Additionally, insufficient protection of sensitive data may result in data leaks and severe security impacts.
Data Catalog addresses these challenges by enabling centralized data management and providing features such as metadata utilization, data search and sharing, security and access control, and data quality improvement, supporting efficient and secure data usage within organizations.

Features​

Centralized data search without individual movement or searching​

  • Increases data management efficiency by enabling data queries in Data Catalog without the need to move or individually search through large-scale data.

Integrated management of diverse and large-scale metadata​

  • Consolidates and manages various types of metadata available in KakaoCloud within the console.

Fast data search and query​

  • Enables data search and query in Data Catalog without the need to individually access storage or databases.

Getting started​

Detailed guides on using Data Catalog are provided in the [How-to Guides]How-to Guides. If you are new to KakaoCloud, start with the Start section.