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     2  title: Understanding lakeFS
     3  description: Details about lakeFS Concepts and Design
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     9  # Understanding lakeFS
    10  
    11  <img src="/assets/img/docs_logo.png" alt="lakeFS Docs" width=200 style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 10px;"/>
    12  
    13  ## Architecture and Internals
    14  
    15  The [Architecture](./architecture.html) page includes a logical overview of lakeFS and its components. 
    16  
    17  For deep-dive content about lakeFS see: 
    18  
    19  * [Internal database structure](./how/kv.md)
    20  * [Merges in lakeFS](./how/merge.md)
    21  * [Versioning Internals](./how/versioning-internals.md)
    22  
    23  ## lakeFS Use Cases
    24  
    25  lakeFS has many uses in the data world, including
    26  
    27  * [CI/CD for Data Lakes](./use_cases/cicd_for_data.md)
    28  * [ETL Testing Environment](./use_cases/etl_testing.md)
    29  * [Reproducibility](./use_cases/reproducibility.md)
    30  * [Rollback](./use_cases/rollback.md)
    31  
    32  One of the important things that lakeFS provides is full support for [Data Lifecycle Management](./data_lifecycle_management/) through all stages: 
    33  
    34  * [In Test](./data_lifecycle_management/data-devenv.md)
    35  * [During Deployment](./data_lifecycle_management/ci.md)
    36  * [In Production](./data_lifecycle_management/production.md)
    37  
    38  ## lakeFS Concepts and Model 
    39  
    40  lakeFS adopts many of the terms and concepts from git. [This page](./model.html) goes into details on the similarities and differences, and provides a good background to the concepts used in lakeFS. 
    41  
    42  ## Performance
    43  
    44  Check out the [Performance best practices](./performance-best-practices.html) guide for useful hints and tips on ensuring high performance from lakeFS. 
    45  
    46  ## FAQ and Glossary
    47  
    48  The [FAQ](./faq.html) covers many common questions around lakeFS, and the [glossary](./glossary.html) provides a useful reference for the terms used in lakeFS. 
    49  
    50  ## Products
    51  
    52  lakeFS is an Apache 2.0 licensed [open-source]({% link project/index.md %}#our-commitment-to-open-source) [project]({% link project/index.md %}). Treeverse also provides two commercial products: 
    53  
    54  - [lakeFS Cloud]({% link understand/lakefs-cloud.md %})
    55  - [lakeFS Enterprise]({% link understand/enterprise/index.md %})
    56  
    57  Find out more on the [pricing page](https://lakefs.io/pricing/), or [contact us](https://lakefs.io/contact-sales/) for details.