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AWS Glue 6.0 is GA: 30% cheaper, full Apache Iceberg v3, and a Spark 4.1 runtime. The price cut needs no rewrite; the Iceberg v3 features are a menu you adopt table by table. Here's a safe migration order and what the 30% looks like in real dollars.
Full guide: https://vandatateam.com/blog/aws-glue-6
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AWS Glue 6.0: Price Cut, Iceberg v3, and Migration
AWS Glue 6.0 is GA with 30% lower pricing, full Apache Iceberg v3, and a Spark 4.1 runtime. Here is what changed and how to migrate your ETL jobs safely.
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