How does data pipeline architecture work?

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The architecture of a data pipeline determines the flow of information from its point of origin to its point of termination. In general, the architecture comprises data sources, data ingestion layer, data transformations, data staging, and the destination which is often a data warehouse or data lake. Every one of these plays a certain role in collecting and processing information. The good data pipeline architecture must consider aspects like scalability, security, reliability, and monitoring.