Which of the below approach results in perfromance improvement through linear scaling of data ingestion workload?

The correct answer is D. All of the above. All three strategies independently contribute to linear scaling of data ingestion in Snowflake. Splitting large files into 10 MB–100 MB chunks (A) allows Snowflake to distribute file processing across multiple compute nodes in parallel - one thread per file - directly scaling thr

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ASplit large files into recommended range of 10 MB to 100 MB
BOrganize data by granular path
CResize virtual warehouse
DAll of the above

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A
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B
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C
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D
77% (33)

Explanation

All three strategies independently contribute to linear scaling of data ingestion in Snowflake. Splitting large files into 10 MB–100 MB chunks (A) allows Snowflake to distribute file processing across multiple compute nodes in parallel - one thread per file - directly scaling throughput with warehouse size. Organizing data by granular path (B) (e.g., partitioned folder structures by date) enables Snowflake to efficiently identify relevant files and supports parallel load operations without scanning unnecessary data. Resizing the virtual warehouse (C) adds more compute nodes, each capable of ingesting files concurrently, providing direct linear scaling of ingestion capacity. Together, these three practices are the recommended best practices for maximizing COPY INTO throughput.

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