The Snowflake cloud services layer is responsible for which tasks? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Authentication and access control C. Metadata management. Snowflake's Cloud Services layer is the 'brain' of the platform and coordinates all activity across the system. It is specifically responsible for authentication and access control (B) - verifying user credentials and enforcing RBAC permissions before any query runs - and…

Snowflake Cloud Data Platform Features and Architecture

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ALocal disk caching
BAuthentication and access control
CMetadata management
DQuery processing
EDatabase storage

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B
87% (33)
D
8% (3)
E
3% (1)

Explanation

Snowflake's Cloud Services layer is the 'brain' of the platform and coordinates all activity across the system. It is specifically responsible for authentication and access control (B) - verifying user credentials and enforcing RBAC permissions before any query runs - and metadata management (C) - storing and managing all metadata about databases, tables, schemas, query history, micro-partitions, etc. Local disk caching (A) happens within virtual warehouses (compute layer). Query processing (D) is the job of virtual warehouses. Database storage (E) is handled by the centralized storage layer backed by cloud object storage. This clean separation allows each layer to scale independently.

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#Snowflake architecture#Cloud Services Layer#Authentication#Metadata management

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