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How to Configure Your Azure Databricks Cluster for Real-World Scenarios

Suraj Jeswara
6 min readNov 9, 2024
Courtesy: https://synccomputing.com/optimize-databricks-clusters-based-on-cost-and-performance/

Configuring an Azure Databricks cluster can feel overwhelming due to the variety of options available 😑. Each setting affects cost, performance, and security. Here, I’ll walk you through each configuration option, when to use it, and how to decide based on different types of workloads. So lets gets excited and begin!

1. Databricks Cluster Mode: Single Node vs. Multi-Node

If you are confused on how to pick between a single or multi node lets see how they differs and what better suits your requirement.

Single Node:

  • Use Case: Suitable for development, testing, and small-scale analysis.
  • Considerations: It’s cost-effective but lacks distributed processing power. It has only a single driver node that also acts as a worker node.

Multi-Node:

  • Use Case: Ideal for production, large data workloads, or any task…

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Suraj Jeswara
Suraj Jeswara

Written by Suraj Jeswara

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