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Data Engineering Concepts · Tuesday · 21 min

Data Systems Requirements: What to Define Before You Build

What should you define before designing a data system? In this episode, I cover the key requirements every data engineer should think about - from data sources, consumers, volume, throughput, and latency to availability, RTO/RPO, retention, compliance, data correctness, and budget.

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What should you define before designing a data system? In this episode, I cover the key requirements every data engineer should think about - from data sources, consumers, volume, throughput, and latency to availability, RTO/RPO, retention, compliance, data correctness, and budget.