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    ETL extracts raw data from sources, transforms it on a secondary server, and loads it into a target database. ELT loads raw data directly into a data warehouse, where data cleansing, enrichment, and transformations occur. While ETL has been used longer, ELT allows for greater flexibility and speed by performing transformations within the data warehouse. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages around compliance, costs, maintenance needs, and security.

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    ETL extracts raw data from sources, transforms it on a secondary server, and loads it into a target database. ELT loads raw data directly into a data warehouse, where data cleansing, enrichment, and transformations occur. While ETL has been used longer, ELT allows for greater flexibility and speed by performing transformations within the data warehouse. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages around compliance, costs, maintenance needs, and security.

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    ETL vs ELT

    What’s the
    Difference?

    by ginacostag
    What is ETL?

    ETL
    Data Warehouse
    Extract Load

    Load
    Transform DWH

    Extract, transform, and load (ETL) is a data integration


    methodology that extracts raw data from sources, transforms
    the data on a secondary processing server, and then loads
    the data into a target database.

    ginacostag
    What is ELT?
    ELT
    DWH

    Extract Transform

    Load

    ELT (extract, load, and transform) loads raw data directly


    into a target data warehouse. Data cleansing, enrichment,
    and data transformation all occur inside the data
    warehouse itself. Raw data is stored indefinitely in the data
    warehouse, allowing for multiple transformations.

    ginacostag
    What is ELT?

    Cloud-based data warehouses offer near-endless storage


    capabilities and scalable processing power. For example,
    platforms like Amazon Redshift and Google BigQuery
    make ELT pipelines possible because of their incredible
    processing capabilities.

    ginacostag
    ETL

    Maturity. ETL was developed first and has been in practice for more
    than two decades. This means that there are more engineers with
    experience in ETL implementations and more ETL tools in the
    marketplace to build data pipelines within organizations.
    Advantages
    Compliance. ETL transforms data before it reaches its destination.
    When companies are subject to data privacy regulations such as GDPR,
    ETL allows them to remove, mask, or encrypt sensitive data before it's
    loaded to the data warehouse to ensure compliance.

    Frequent maintenance. ETL data pipelines handle both extraction and


    transformation. But they have to undergo refactors if analysts require
    different data types or if the source systems start to produce data with
    Drawbacks deviating formats and schemas.

    Higher upfront cost. Defining business logic and transformations can


    increase the scope of a data integration project.

    ginacostag
    ELT

    High speed. ELT allows for all of the data to go into the system
    immediately, and from there, users can determine the exact data they
    need to both transform and analyze.

    Lower cost. Requires a less-powerful server for data transformation and


    Advantages takes advantage of resources already in the warehouse. This results in cost
    savings and resource efficiencies.

    Flexibility. Analysts no longer have to determine what insights and data


    types they need in advance but can perform transformations on the data
    as needed in the warehouse.

    Segurity gaps. Storing all the data and making it accessible to various
    users and applications come with security risks. Companies must take steps
    to ensure their target systems are secure by properly masking and
    Drawbacks
    encrypting data.

    Increased latency. The need to continually transform data slows down


    the overall time it takes to perform queries/analysis.

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