Object storage file formats

Object storage connectors support one or more file formats specified by the underlying data source.

ORC format configuration properties

The following properties are used to configure the read and write operations with ORC files performed by supported object storage connectors:

ORC format configuration properties

Property Name	Description	Default
orc.time-zone	Sets the default time zone for legacy ORC files that did not declare a time zone.	JVM default
orc.bloom-filters.enabled	Enable bloom filters for predicate pushdown.	false
orc.read-legacy-short-zone-id	Allow reads on ORC files with short zone ID in the stripe footer.	false

File compression and decompression is automatically performed and some details can be configured.

Parquet format configuration properties

The following properties are used to configure the read and write operations with Parquet files performed by supported object storage connectors:

Parquet format configuration properties

Property Name	Description	Default
parquet.time-zone	Adjusts timestamp values to a specific time zone. For Hive 3.1+, set this to UTC.	JVM default
parquet.writer.validation-percentage	Percentage of parquet files to validate after write by re-reading the whole file. The equivalent catalog session property is parquet_optimized_writer_validation_percentage. Validation can be turned off by setting this property to 0.	5
parquet.writer.page-size	Maximum size of pages written by Parquet writer.	1 MB
parquet.writer.page-value-count	Maximum values count of pages written by Parquet writer.	80000
parquet.writer.block-size	Maximum size of row groups written by Parquet writer.	128 MB
parquet.writer.batch-size	Maximum number of rows processed by the parquet writer in a batch.	10000
parquet.use-bloom-filter	Whether bloom filters are used for predicate pushdown when reading Parquet files. Set this property to false to disable the usage of bloom filters by default. The equivalent catalog session property is parquet_use_bloom_filter.	true
parquet.use-column-index	Skip reading Parquet pages by using Parquet column indices. The equivalent catalog session property is parquet_use_column_index. Only supported by the Delta Lake and Hive connectors.	true
parquet.ignore-statistics	Ignore statistics from Parquet to allow querying files with corrupted or incorrect statistics. The equivalent catalog session property is parquet_ignore_statistics.	false
parquet.max-read-block-row-count	Sets the maximum number of rows read in a batch. The equivalent catalog session property is named parquet_max_read_block_row_count and supported by the Delta Lake, Hive, and Iceberg connectors.	8192
parquet.small-file-threshold	Data size below which a Parquet file is read entirely. The equivalent catalog session property is named parquet_small_file_threshold.	3MB
parquet.experimental.vectorized-decoding.enabled	Enable using Java Vector API (SIMD) for faster decoding of parquet files. The equivalent catalog session property is parquet_vectorized_decoding_enabled.	true

File compression and decompression is automatically performed and some details can be configured.