S3Table Catalog Migration / Sync

[soumilshah1995]

I know XTable supports multi-catalog sync—can we also migrate or sync S3-backed tables with other catalogs?

https://dipankar-tnt.medium.com/introducing-multi-catalog-sync-in-apache-xtable-incubating-unlocking-catalog-interoperability-8420f0f0223b

[vinishjail97]

@soumilshah1995 We support glue and HMS today, which catalogs do you think we should add next?

[soumilshah1995]

im referring to S3 catalog ie s3tables

[vinishjail97]

yes we can add it, but does s3tablescatalog accept iceberg metadata which is a normal s3 bucket?

[vinishjail97]

AFAIK it's a special bucket and the iceberg metadata location which is needed for syncing to other catalogs can't be accessed, correct me if I'm wrong.

[soumilshah1995]

You are correct !

[vinishjail97]

Thanks @soumilshah1995, can you create a feature request in GH issues? We can discuss it in the XTable community sync on Monday.