ORC and Grok File Formats are now supported by Amazon RedShift Spectrum

Amazon RedShift Spectrum can now be leveraged to query the data that is stored in Optimized Row Columnar (ORC) and Grok File formats. Amazon RedShift Spectrum is also supporting various other open file formats which include TSV, CSV, SeqenceFile, Avro, TextFile, Parquet, RegerSerDe and RCFile. In Amazon RedShift Database Developer Guide you can find more information for your referral by viewing the supported file formats. Amazon RedShift Spectrum is available in US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon) Regions and US East (N. Virginia).