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Can you explain how Apache Iceberg table compaction works and whether we should automate it to save on S3 storage costs?

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  1. Maintaining tables by using compaction · docs.aws.amazon.com
  2. Maintenance · iceberg.apache.org
  3. Procedures · iceberg.apache.org
  4. iceberg/docs/docs/spark-procedures.md at main · apache/iceberg · github.com

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