Reference architecture components

The following diagram shows the three components of this guide's reference architecture: data producers, data consumers, and the centralized catalog.

The diagram shows the following components:

1. A data producer account.

2. A centralized catalog.

3. Two data consumer accounts, which include data-serving and application types.

Note

The diagram shows only one data producer and two data consumers, but this guide's reference architecture supports multiple data producers and data consumers when the data lake grows.

Understanding each component helps your organization to implement reusable patterns and scale your data lake by independently and consistently onboarding new data producers and data consumers.

The following sections discuss the reference architecture's components:

• Data producers

• Centralized catalog

• Data consumers