Formats and Filesystems

Match Pinot ingestion to the right input formats and deep-storage filesystems without overcomplicating the table design.

Pinot supports several source formats and deep-storage choices. Pick these early, because they affect how segments are produced, moved, and recovered.

Source formats

Use the original format docs when you need the exact supported file types or loader behavior. The main landing page is Supported Data Formats.

Filesystems and deep storage

Choose the deep-storage backend that matches your operational environment. The detailed filesystem docs still live under File Systems.

Keep it simple

Do not mix format decisions with schema design. The schema says what the data means; the filesystem says where segments survive after Pinot produces them.

What this page covered

This page covered how source formats and deep storage fit into the ingestion design.

Next step

Read Transformations and Aggregations if data needs cleanup or pre-aggregation before query time.

Related pages

• Ingestion

• Batch Ingestion

• Stream Ingestion

• Upsert and Dedup

• Supported Data Formats

• File Systems