What Is a Data Lake

Multiple Choice

What is a data lake?

A) A business that collects personal information about consumers and sells that information to other organizations
B) A storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its original format until the business needs it
C) A technique for establishing a match, or balance, between the source data and the target data warehouse
D) An approach to business governance that values decisions that can be backed up with verifiable data
A data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its original format until the business needs it.