DSdikshant sharmaindikshantks.hashnode.dev·Jul 7 · 9 min readThe Hidden Cost of Running Iceberg: Maintenance, Delete files, and Orphan files Intro When we made the move to Iceberg, after the initial setup, it seemed fine. Data would flow, MERGE INTO would run, and every 10 minutes new data was present in Iceberg. After running in productio00