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COF-C02 · Question #470

If a virtual warehouse runs for 61 seconds, shut down, and then restart and runs for 30 seconds, for how many seconds is it billed?

The correct answer is C. 120. Snowflake bills virtual warehouse usage in one-minute increments, rounding up to the nearest minute for any partial minute of compute time used. If a virtual warehouse runs for 61 seconds and then, after being shut down, restarts and runs for an additional 30 seconds, the total t

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Question

If a virtual warehouse runs for 61 seconds, shut down, and then restart and runs for 30 seconds, for how many seconds is it billed?

Options

  • A60
  • B91
  • C120
  • D121

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    14% (3)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    76% (16)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

Snowflake bills virtual warehouse usage in one-minute increments, rounding up to the nearest minute for any partial minute of compute time used. If a virtual warehouse runs for 61 seconds and then, after being shut down, restarts and runs for an additional 30 seconds, the total time billed would be 120 seconds or 2 minutes. The first 61 seconds are rounded up to 2 minutes, and the subsequent 30 seconds are within a new minute, which is also rounded up to the nearest

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#Virtual Warehouse Billing#Compute Usage#Credit Consumption#Billing Model

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