Databricks

Architecture

With the intent to build data and AI applications, Databricks consists of two core components: the Control Plane and the Data Plane. The control plane is fully managed by Databricks and consists of the Web UI, Notebooks, Jobs & Queries and the Cluster Manager. The Dataplane resides in your AWS Account and is where Databricks Clusters run to process data.

databricks control and data plane

Databricks SQL (DB SQL)

Databricks SQL (DB SQL) is a serverless data warehouse on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform that lets you run all your SQL and BI applications at scale with up to 12x better price/performance, a unified governance model, open formats and APIs, and your tools of choice - no lock-in.

ANSI standard SQL dialect by default

Evolution of the SQL language at Databricks: ANSI standard by default and easier migrations from data warehouses - The Databricks Blog

SQL language reference | Databricks on AWS