COF-C02 · Question #177
Which of the following are handled by the cloud services layer of the Snowflake architecture? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is D. Security E. Authentication and access control. Snowflake's cloud services layer is the 'brain' of the architecture and manages system-wide services including authentication, access control, security, query parsing and optimization, metadata management, and infrastructure management. Query execution (A) is performed by…
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Which of the following are handled by the cloud services layer of the Snowflake architecture? (Choose two.)
Options
- AQuery execution
- BData loading
- CTime Travel data
- DSecurity
- EAuthentication and access control
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (3)
- D89% (42)
Explanation
Snowflake's cloud services layer is the 'brain' of the architecture and manages system-wide services including authentication, access control, security, query parsing and optimization, metadata management, and infrastructure management. Query execution (A) is performed by virtual warehouses. Data loading (B) is orchestrated through the cloud services layer but the actual compute is done by virtual warehouses. Time Travel data (C) is stored in Snowflake's persistent storage layer. Security and authentication/access control are classic cloud services layer responsibilities.
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