Reviewed by Aditya Kumar · Last reviewed 2026-03-24
Architecture: Extract (Glue/Lambda from S3, RDS, API) → Transform (Glue Spark) → Load (S3, Redshift). Orchestration: Step Functions or Glue Triggers. Flow: S3 raw → Crawler → Glue ETL (PySpark) → S3 Parquet + Redshift Spectrum....
Architecture: Extract (Glue/Lambda from S3, RDS, API) → Transform (Glue Spark) → Load (S3, Redshift). Orchestration: Step Functions or Glue Triggers. Flow: S3 raw → Crawler → Glue ETL (PySpark) → S3 Parquet + Redshift Spectrum. Best practice: Glue Catalog; partition; Parquet; incremental; CloudWatch; IaC.
Red Flag: No orchestration—manual triggers. Pro-Move: 'Glue Triggers chain crawl → ETL → load; job bookmarks for incremental—fully automated daily.'
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