Flashcards

* single copy and source of truth for the data * virtually infinitely scalable * inherits the cloud provider's availability and durability guarantees * e.g. AWS S3 replicates data across three different availability zones within a region * data is stored in Snowflake's read-optimized proprietary compressed columnar format * due to columns containing similar data, the columnar format results in better compression * data is stored compressed * data is stored using AES-256 encryption * Snowflake manages all aspects of how this data is stored.