What is the primary function of the Hive Metastore in a data lakehouse?
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The Hive Metastore is a central metadata repository that stores database; table; and partition definitions (schemas; column types; storage locations) used by multiple query engines including Spark; Presto; and Hive.
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The Hive Metastore is a central metadata repository that stores database; table; and partition definitions (schemas; column types; storage locations) used by multiple query engines including Spark; Presto; and Hive. The incorrect options ("Executing SQL queries against Parquet files in object storage", "Compressing and encoding data files for efficient storage", "Managing user authentication and authorization policies") are distractors that don't fully capture the concept described.