COF-C02 · Question #98
A running virtual warehouse is suspended. What is the MINIMUM amount of time that the warehouse will incur charges for when it is restarted?
The correct answer is B. 60 seconds. Snowflake bills virtual warehouse compute in 60-second (1 minute) minimum increments. When a suspended warehouse is resumed, it incurs a minimum charge of 60 seconds regardless of how long it actually runs. If it runs for less than 60 seconds before being suspended again, you…
Question
A running virtual warehouse is suspended. What is the MINIMUM amount of time that the warehouse will incur charges for when it is restarted?
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- A1 second
- B60 seconds
- C5 minutes
- D60 minutes
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B86% (18)
- D10% (2)
Explanation
Snowflake bills virtual warehouse compute in 60-second (1 minute) minimum increments. When a suspended warehouse is resumed, it incurs a minimum charge of 60 seconds regardless of how long it actually runs. If it runs for less than 60 seconds before being suspended again, you are still charged for a full 60 seconds. After the initial 60-second minimum, billing continues per second. This behavior makes it important to tune auto-suspend settings carefully - suspending and resuming frequently for very short workloads can increase costs. 1 second (A) is not the minimum, and 5 minutes (C) and 60 minutes (D) are not correct billing increments.
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