Simulation/Databricks

Educational simulation
Databricks

Compute types

All-purpose vs jobs cluster vs SQL warehouse.

Watch the canvas:all-purposejobs clusterSQL warehouseLive simulation
All-purpose clusternotebooks · stays oninteractiveJobs clusterstart → run → terminateETL / WorkflowsSQL warehousePhoton · autoscaledashboards / DBSQLWarm SparkSession. Great for explore. Terrible as a 24/7 ETL host.
Three compute products. Mixing them is how the bill explodes.